23 Days Left Before Google Pulls the Plug and Reality Begins Setting in for Small Media Outlets
December 19th is fast approaching and small media outlets are realizing just how much the Canadian government screwed them over.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Interview on the Online News Act is Chilling for Innovators
A Village Media outlet conducted an interview with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. The Online News Act came up.
Bill C-18: Why News Media Bailouts is Not Exactly Going to “Save” Journalism
One of the responses to the dropping of news links is talk of massive bailouts. The sustainability of that is questionable.
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News Links Blocking Appears to Have Begun on Facebook
For some users, Facebook has begun blocking news links in response to Bill C-18. It is being described as the news link apocalypse.
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TikTok Creator, Dylan Page, Hits Back At British News Organization for Anti-Social Media Spin
Mainstream media demonizing social media is nothing new in North America. Dylan Page shows that this problem goes much further.
CTV Told to Avoid Negative Coverage of Parent Company Bell
Corporate influence on news coverage is already here. CTV was told to avoid negative coverage of Bell.
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5 Problems Bill C-18 Supporters Claim Their Bill Solves, But Actually Don’t
Throughout the Bill C-18 debate, supporters have sold the bill as a cure-all solution to a lot of problems. Well, not so much.
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Bill C-18: Media Increasingly Admit That the News Links Block Might Not Be a Bluff
The Canadian government in pushing Bill C-18 insists that news links blocks is just a bluff. Publishers, however, don’t think so.
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Mainstream Media Accuses Startups of Being “Questionable”, Promotes Bill C-18 Disinformation
Mainstream media took another credibility hit in the Bill C-18 debate when one article accused internet startups of being “questionable”.
As Small Players Left Out, Bill C-18 Amendment Means News Production Optional to Benefit
An amendment to Bill C-18 (Link Tax) means that producing news is now optional. This as smaller players are left out.