Legacy media is failing Canadians for the sake of war absolutism
It is not surprising that with the weak state of Canadian news media they would sell out their democratic duties of challenging power for a buck and an extra click.
Pressed for space: Hill scribes have mixed views on continued closure of National Press Theatre
The NPT hosted its last press conference on March 16, 2020. Initially shuttered in part due to physical distancing concerns, it remains closed because of accessibility issues.
The Online News Act must protect access to credible news on prominent platforms
Further negotiation with the tech giants is critical to end the standoff and support the news and journalism industry.
‘There’s never been a case like this,’ lawyer says as Competition Bureau reviews Meta’s news block in Canada
If the bureau finds that Meta has violated the Competition Act, the firm could be fined up to $10-million, or three times the value of the benefit obtained from the anti-competitive conduct.
For Joyce Napier, chronicler of her time, this is not the end
The former parliamentary bureau chief for CTV was laid off in June, one day before her 66th birthday.
A ‘neutron bomb’ to the industry: newsrooms begin feeling impact of Meta ban, call for Competition Bureau inquiry and end to C-18 standoff
The lost engagement with its audience due to Meta’s ban ‘is a blow in ways other than just pure numbers,’ says The Tyee‘s David Beers.
Shocked, disappointed by Ifill’s tweets about Bingo: National Police Federation
Erica Ifill, a freelance Hill Times columnist, retweeted a post about members of the Toronto Police Service gathering at an emergency vet clinic in Toronto to begin their procession to honour Bingo, a fallen police service dog, who was shot and killed while helping keep Torontonians safe, with a tweet, “All this for a dog?” […]
CPAC senior producer Dan Fonda set to retire in August after 27 years with national network
Dan Fonda, who spent nearly three decades with the go-to public broadcaster for politicos, journos and voters across Canada, is retiring in August.
It’s Pierre Poilievre versus the media
We know that he wants to defund the CBC once he’s prime minister, but he’s also just as unhappy with The Canadian Press and by extension the private-sector news firms that created it.
Tech giants play game of chicken with Canada
Meta and Google’s moves to ban Canadian news on their platforms feels more like poker than principle.
