Newspaper group calls for paid online news modelBy Lee Ya-wen and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe public’s erroneous expectation that news be provided free of charge should be corrected, a representative of the Taipei Newspapers Association said yesterday, recommending that the government play a role in guiding such a transition. Association secretary-general and Commercial Times deputy general manager Chen Chih-kuang (陳志光) made the remark at a forum held by the Fair Trade Commission in Taipei on digital platforms and online advertising. Representatives from Taiwanese media organizations attend a forum on digital platforms and online advertising organized by the Fair Trade Commission in Taipei yesterday. Second, the nation must find a way to join transnational negotiations to better understand other countries’ rapidly changing approaches toward anti-monopolistic legislation, the association said. Taiwan has nearly the same population as Australia and is far more influential in the Internet technology field, it said.

Source: Taipei Times April 12, 2021 16:00 UTC