Toronto Star owner makes emotional plea in support of local journalism
Earlier this week, Toronto Star owner Jordan Bitove presented the 2023 Kesterton Lecture, hosted by Carleton University’s School of...
News Media Canada makes submission to federal government’s consultation on competition policy
News Media Canada filed its submission to the federal government's consultation on the future of competition policy in Canada...
News publishers call on Biden to defend local journalism during visit to Canada
Ahead of President Biden’s meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the U.S.-based News/Media Alliance is calling on the...
Tech players push back against Online News Act
Last Friday, representatives from Google testified before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage to answer questions from MPs about...
Parliamentary committee meeting with Google execs postponed due to tech problems
The House of Commons heritage committee was scheduled to meet with executives from Google this past Monday, however, technical...
Google tests blocking of news in Canada in response to legislation
Tech giant Google is preventing some Canadian users from accessing news sites as a test run of its potential...
Application deadline extended to February 21 for Local Journalism Initiative 2023-2024
UPDATE: The deadline to submit new and renewal LJI applications to News Media Canada has been extended to Tuesday,...
U.S. Department of Justice sues Google for monopolizing digital advertising technologies
The U.S. Department of Justice, along with the Attorneys General from eight other states announced earlier this week that...
‘We need parliamentarians to act’
The news from earlier this week that Postmedia would be transitioning a dozen community newspapers to digital-only form only...
New Zealand is the latest country demanding Tech Giants pay for content
New Zealand is following in Canada's footsteps as it becomes the latest country to indicate it will soon table...