Google’s ‘Dominance’ Succeeded Where Apartheid Couldn’t – Forcing South Africa’s Fourth Estate Onto ‘Its Knees’

South Africa’s Fourth Estate “is on its knees” as Google and Meta’s dominance has captured 97% of all digital advertising in the country, creating an “extinction crisis” for the media.

This is the view of Ishmet Davidson, the chief executive officer of News24, South Africa’s largest digital news publisher, which is owned by internet firm Naspers. He was testifying at the country’s Competition Commission inquiry…