I&B minister bats for digital platforms to compensate traditional media for content

The efforts of the conventional media in content creation should be suitably compensated by the intermediary platforms using them, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday as he acknowledged media’s contributions to India’s freedom struggle and in preserving democracy during the dark days of Emergency.

Virtually addressing an event to mark the National Press Day, Vaishnaw said, “Let us begin by remembering the contributions of the press to our struggle for freedom from oppressive forces twice in the last century.