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Journalists denied entry to Conservative Party Convention

by Pat Bulmer | Sep 8, 2023 | General, Industry News, Journalism

September 8, 2023 QUEBEC CITY, Sept. 7, 2023 – Unifor’s Canadian Freelance Union President and freelance journalist Nora Loreto was denied media accreditation at the 2023 convention of the Conservative Party of Canada in Québec City. Loreto says that despite her...

Online News Act could see Google, Meta pay combined $230 million to Canadian media

by Pat Bulmer | Sep 1, 2023 | General, Industry News, Journalism

By Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press, Sept. 1, 2023 The federal government has put a price tag on how much it would like to see Google and Facebook spend under an act requiring the tech giants to compensate media for news articles. Federal officials estimate Google...

Journalist group changes its name to the Indigenous Journalists Association to be more inclusive

by Pat Bulmer | Aug 27, 2023 | General, Industry News, Journalism

Hallie Golden And Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press, Aug 11, 2023 The Native American Journalists Association announced Friday it is changing its name to the Indigenous Journalists Association in an effort to become more inclusive and strengthen ties with...

Big Tech is profiting immensely from news

by Pat Bulmer | Aug 24, 2023 | General, Industry News, Journalism

Courtney C. Radsch,  Special to National Post Published Aug 22, 2023 …But whereas tech companies like Google and Meta have sought to narrow the discussion to focus on click-through rates and the value of the traffic they provide to publishers, their approach...

News publishers and broadcasters call for Competition Bureau investigation into news blocking

by Pat Bulmer | Aug 8, 2023 | General, Industry News, Journalism

8 AUGUST 2023 News Media Canada, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters and CBC/Radio-Canada (“the applicants”) have applied to Canada’s Competition Bureau to investigate Meta’s abuse of its dominant position, as evidenced by its decision to block news content from...

Meta will remove legit news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada — but may leave the bad stuff up

by Pat Bulmer | Aug 2, 2023 | General, Industry News, Journalism

By LAURA HAZARD OWEN @laurahazardowen Aug. 2, 2023, Nieman Lab Meta had said it would remove news from its platforms in Canada if the country’s Online News Act passed. The bill, which requires big tech companies like Google and Meta to negotiate with publishers over...
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