About Robert Whitehead

Digital Platform Initiative Lead

INMA

Sydney, Australia

Robert Whitehead is the lead for INMA’s Digital Platform Initiative. The views expressed are his own. He can be reached at robert.whitehead@inma.org.

Written by Robert

28 Blog Posts

Meta delays content-scraping terms under global pressure, but shows no retreat

29 October 2026 By Robert Whitehead

Penske, Chegg lose AI summary cases against Google, but fight isn’t over

6 October 2026 By Robert Whitehead

A short guide for publishers on Google’s adtech remedies

24 September 2026 By Robert Whitehead

Something bigger lies behind Meta’s return to news media partnerships

7 April 2026 By Robert Whitehead

UK publishers form SPUR as global AI standards movement accelerates

26 February 2026 By Robert Whitehead

What Google’s antitrust victory on Search means

3 September 2025 By Robert Whitehead

5 things to know about Google’s anti-trust options in Internet search

21 April 2025 By Robert Whitehead

Here’s what the Google adtech ruling means for news publishers

17 April 2025 By Robert Whitehead

Canada’s final deal with Google on media payments sets a new standard

17 December 2023 Robert Whitehead

News publishers are moving their Big Tech focus to advertising revenues

7 December 2022 Robert Whitehead

Meta speeds its exit from news media partnerships

14 August 2022 Robert Whitehead

Australia turns heads with a News Corp-Google news media academy

31 January 2022 Robert Whitehead

Apple loses its grip on App Store payments, but media will still flock to it

13 September 2021 Robert Whitehead

What media companies need to know about Apple’s News Partner Programme

13 September 2021 Robert Whitehead

What Facebook’s big deals in Australia tell us

16 March 2021 Robert Whitehead

Facebook reverses shutdown in Australia as national legislation is tweaked

23 February 2021 Robert Whitehead

16 key points you need to know about the Australian Media Bargaining Code

21 February 2021 Robert Whitehead

Here’s what Google’s big Australian media payment deals mean

17 February 2021 Robert Whitehead

News publishers try to understand Facebook’s nuclear move in Australia

17 February 2021 Robert Whitehead

Australia’s media code enters last round as a new war of words escalates among Big Tech

14 February 2021 Robert Whitehead

Australia takes aim at Google’s dominance in ad technology

28 January 2021 Robert Whitehead

Australia seeks anti-trust settlement path, not copyright, to force platforms to pay

8 December 2020 Robert Whitehead

New Australian code of conduct locks in payments from Big Tech for content

2 August 2020 Robert Whitehead

Australian government sides with publishers over digital platforms

16 December 2019 Robert Whitehead

10 takeaways from INMA’s global digital platforms-publisher analysis

14 October 2019 Robert Whitehead

Inquiry recommends wide-scale reforms to how platforms engage with publishers

28 July 2019 Robert Whitehead

Media companies share success stories in events, sales hiring, digital vs. print

26 October 2016 Robert Whitehead

Lessons from Monaco: Less negativity in news, more revenue lessons from Lufthansa

6 October 2016 Robert Whitehead