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.
Press freedom will last only as long as we are willing to fight for it
Press independence, and therefore the quality of news the public gets, is under pressure by interfering owners almost everywhere.
‘Real impact for publishers’: Meta and Google’s responses to Bill C-18 add to turmoil in Canadian media
‘Canada needs to have a strong, free and independent press,’ says Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, adding, ‘it’s fundamental to our democracy.’
