The Commerce Commission (Commission) has reached a preliminary view that it should allow the News Publishers' Association of New Zealand (NPA) to collectively negotiate with Meta and Google regarding the terms and conditions on which participating news media companies' content is displayed on digital platforms operated by Meta and Google, for a 10 year period.
The Commission has reached the preliminary view that the collective bargaining should be permitted as it considers the potential benefits of collective bargaining are likely to outweigh any possible harms.
The benefits of collective bargaining include enabling participating news media companies to pool their resources and reduce the transaction costs of negotiations. Collective negotiation may also put smaller media companies in a better position to negotiate with Google and Meta than might otherwise be the case, which may lead to improved production of news content.
A copy of the Commission's draft determination will be available on our case register soon.
