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​​Facebook more a media market competitor than a content distributor, says lawyer behind NZME Fairfax NZ merger appeal

By James Panichi ( February 16, 2018, 07:55 GMT | Insight) -- A New Zealand court was wrong to view Facebook as merely an online distributor of large media companies' content rather than a publisher in its own right, according to a lawyer working on a proposed merger of media firms Fairfax New Zealand and NZME. Sarah Keene told MLex that a planned appeal to the High Court decision to block the deal should focus on the definition of the country’s media landscape.A New Zealand court was wrong to view Facebook as merely an online distributor of large media companies' content rather than a publisher in its own right, according to a lawyer working on a proposed merger of media firms Fairfax New Zealand and NZME....

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