‘Trying to save the Titanic that’s sinking?’: Small publishers front senate in media code battle

In yesterday’s senate committee hearing, Neil Ackland – Junkee’s co-founder, CEO, and chief content, marketing and creative officer at owner Ooh Media – was clear about what could happen to outlets like Junkee should Google follow through on its threat to leave the market.

“The impact of that would undoubtedly put pressure on jobs, particularly journalism roles, and could potentially be fatal for businesses like ours and other small publishers in the space,” he told the senators.

“We take the threats very seriously and have been considering the repercussions of those threats very seriously as well.”