Rogers/Shaw Wrap Up: What the CRTC Might Do with the Merger
CRTC Commissioner Ian Scott, looking for a little help on the file. November 29, 2021 The dust has settled after a week-long CRTC hearing...
News Publishers Break Ranks, Have Google and Facebook Won?
November 15, 2021 Pablo Rodriguez returns to the Heritage portfolio. On October 27th the Toronto Star caved to Google by signing a...
The CRTC’s chickens come home to roost on Internet TV and Local News
November 24, 2021 Rogers is going to screw us on sports content, spokespersons for cable distributor Telus warned CRTC Chair Ian Scott on...
The Libs’ Online Harms Bill Can’t Be Rushed
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen probably doesn’t know anything about Canada’s soon to be Online Harms Bill. But her timing is dead...
Whistleblower rips the lid off Facebook’s Online Harms
Somebody had to say the emperor had no clothes. In the end it was Frances Haugen, a 37-year old career data scientist from Iowa who...
Part five. How the Platforms Should Pay for Journalism
How the Platforms Should Pay for Journalism If the next federal government makes Google and Facebook contribute to Canadian journalism,...
Part four. Online News Content: The Global Battle Between the Platforms and Parliaments
Google and Facebook don’t want to pay for news. They are fighting on every front to defend their digital empires from legislatures and...
Part three. How Facebook and Google Monetize Your Privacy
“Web Giants hoard mountain of cash” isn’t news. The Platforms Google and Facebook do make a lot of money: in 2020 Google raked in $USD...
Part two: The Rise of Google and Facebook and the Decline of Canadian Local News
News journalism - especially professional and fact checked journalism - is essential to democracy. It is a public good. But that doesn’t...
Part one: News Journalism v. Google & Facebook: Why the Web Giants Should Pay
With an election on September 20th don’t be surprised if federal intervention on behalf of Canadian media emerges as a wedge issue. ...