The Albanese government is now halfway through a hectic four-week consultation process that is set to determine the contentious details of a revived plan to force tech platforms to pay for news.
As the process wears on, one key question being asked by senior media executives and their government affairs teams is: which companies beyond Meta, Google and TikTok will be captured under the so-called News Bargaining Incentive?
In a series of meetings with media executives over the past week, Treasury officials have suggested that Microsoft’s professional networking platform, LinkedIn, could be among those included, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
For years now, the ugly cousin of the world’s largest social media platforms — along with its parent company — has been a dark horse in discussions about the policy.
