Vaishnaw vows support to media in navigating digital transition

Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology and Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday that the news industry was going through “a major transition phase,” and that this “brings challenges related to employment, creativity, copyright issues, and ensuring fair compensation for content creators, producers, and other stakeholders in the media industry”. Fair compensation Mr. Vaishnaw’s remarks come as the Indian news industry presses Big Tech firms to better compensate them for using their content. “News articles and reports produced by all of you are now being used to train AI models, which then prioritise certain narratives without compensating the original creators,” Mr. Jaju said. At the same time, it also has issues of repurposing journalistic content for corporate profit trends.” “At the same time, there is also a need for a transparent revenue sharing mechanism to ensure that our journalism remains financially sustainable,” Mr. Jaju said.