‘Independent publishers weren’t invited to the table’: Digital Publishers Alliance takes out full-page ads slamming Facebook
The Digital Publishers Alliance, a coalition of leading independent digital-first publishers, has today taken out full-page ads in every major Australian print masthead, taking aim at Meta’s decision to pull news funding in Australia.
Tim Duggan, founder of Junkee and chair of the DPA, shared the full-page ad on Linkedin this morning, explaining:
“For too long independent media has not had a proper seat at the table when important decisions are made that disproportionately affect us.
Using legacy media to advocate for independent publishing not being excluded to the benefit of legacy media. Whatever happened to ‘the medium is the message’