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.
David meets Goliath in the internet battle for Canadians’ hearts and minds

If there is a chance to support local media outlets over international internet giants, all politics is local.
Meta ‘not talking’ to Ottawa amid Online News Act dispute, says Heritage Minister Rodriguez

Meta and Google announced plans to end news links in Canada before the Online News Act comes into force.