Duopoly battle moves to Canada as Google and Meta face new Australia-style regulation
Canada’s news publishers are braced for an aggressive response to their government’s plan to make Google and Meta pay for…
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CEO interview: David Skok on the rise of his ‘wonkish’ Canadian news startup, The Logic
David Skok, a former newspaper and broadcast journalist, founded subscription news startup The Logic in 2018 with CA$300,000 (£186,000) of…
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Canada reveals its Australia-style big tech news media bargaining code
The Canadian government has introduced a bill to bring an Australia-style news media bargaining code into law in the country.…
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How Canada’s Online News Act will differ from Australia’s news media bargaining code
Canada’s government has pledged to create a “more transparent” version of Australia’s media bargaining code as the North American country…
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Canada publishers want Google and Meta forced to pay for news ‘by the end of June’
The Canadian journalism industry has asked parliamentarians to ensure that they pass laws forcing Google and Meta to pay for…
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The news industry in Canada expects Google and Facebook to start paying publishers between CA$100-150m (up to £88m) a year…
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How a robot called Sophi helped Canada’s Globe and Mail hit 170,000 digital subscribers – CEO interview
Phillip Crawley, the Englishman who runs Canadian national news title the Globe and Mail, is a newsroom executive of the…
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Canadian start-up Indiegraf offers new financial model for local journalism: Reader contribs plus pooled back-end services
A local news startup launched amid the Covid-19 crisis is hoping to build up a network of 25-30 independent North…
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