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June 11, 2021

Full text: Our open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Full text: Our open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
"Dear Prime Minister Trudeau: The media outlets publishing this letter are competitors. We publish news in every region in Canada. In both languages. We don’t always see eye-to-eye. So an open letter to you – and the prominence we’re giving it in our publications – is unprecedented. But then so is the threat to news media in Canada."

Op-ed: Why we're taking the Trudeau government to task

Op-ed: Why we're taking the Trudeau government to task
The hundreds of publications that belong to News Media Canada are in the business of reporting the news – not making it. But this week, we're breaking that rule by bringing together our disparate, cross-Canada member publications to speak in one united voice.

Update: Information on the tax measures to support journalism

Update: Information on the tax measures to support journalism
Over the past several weeks, we've heard from a number of members curious about how to calculate the federal government's wage subsidy and tax credits. The Canada Revenue Agency has provided an update that we are sharing with you.

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT

Printed newspaper ads are the most trusted;
social media ads are the least trusted

Printed newspaper ads are the most trusted. Social media ads are the least trusted
Trust continues to be a key factor for advertising and printed newspapers top the list according to research from December 2020. Traditional forms of advertising (printed newspapers, magazines, television, radio and out of home) continue to dominate when Canadians are asked in which medium they completely or somewhat trust the advertising.

The Globe and Mail wins CJF Jackman Award
for Excellence in Journalism

The Globe and Mail wins CJF Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism
The Globe and Mail has won this year's CJF Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism in the large-media category, announced today at the Canadian Journalism Foundation Awards virtual ceremony.

Atlantic Journalism Awards announce
2020 Gold and Silver winners

Atlantic Journalism Awards announce 2020 Gold and Silver winners
The Atlantic Journalism Awards (AJAs) announced the gold and silver winners for its 2020 earlier this week.
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Levelling the Digital Playing Field
editorial cartoon now available

Levelling the Digital Playing Field editorial cartoon now available
News Media Canada is making available a special editorial cartoon (from Brunswick News) that members are free to use in their publications in support of our Levelling the Digital Playing Field campaign.

Celebrate public service journalism at the
Michener virtual ceremony

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The Michener Award Ceremony will highlight the six finalists, all of whom brought us stories that made a measurable impact in the lives of Canadians in a tumultuous year.

MARKETING FEATURE

Champion The Truth with this new fact sheet

Champion The Truth with this new fact sheet
This double-sided handout highlights 2020 newspaper readership data by various demographic groups (Boomers, Millennials, Business Decision Makers), 2019 data on media engagement, reasons for reading newspapers and action inspired by newspaper ads.

A 'new wave' of antitrust enforcement underway in Europe

A 'new wave' of antitrust enforcement underway in Europe
The Wall Street Journal reports that both the European Union and the United Kingdom have opened formal antitrust investigations into Facebook's classified-ads service Marketplace.

World News Day sets ambitious global target to
amplify fact-based climate journalism

World News Day sets ambitious global target to amplify fact-based climate journalism
This year, World News Day will highlight the critical importance of journalism in providing trustworthy information about the future of our planet and its people.

'In the Biz'

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