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Canadian publishers call for Canadian government to tackle Google/Facebook monopoly

No Government Funds or Consumer Taxes Needed Address Monopolistic Dominance of Web Giants Levelling the Digital Playing Field, Report Recommendation Adopt Australian Model...

Throne Speech promises tech giants will pay tax

Today's Throne Speech, which introduces the federal government's directions and goals for the upcoming Parliamentary session, contained an encouraging sign for Canadian news publishers. Under...

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting launch new campaign against Facebook

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting will launch a provocative new national campaign that targets Facebook for profiting from content created by Canadian news outlets without...

Cox: Internet giants should pay their share

This is an op-ed written by News Media Canada chair Bob Cox. It was published yesterday, April 28, by the Winnipeg Free Press. If...

Facebook provides grants to local newsrooms to support coronavirus work

The Facebook Journalism Project has announced that 400 local newsrooms across North America have received grants to support their reporting on the coronavirus. Many publishers...

News Media Canada joins coalition to help news organizations cover coronavirus

The Facebook Journalism Project has announced a $1 million program that will provide grants to local news organizations, in both Canada and the U.S.,...

Google and Facebook dominate Canadian digital advertising

The latest research from the Canadian Media Concentration Research Project (CMCRP) confirms that Google and Facebook receive 42 cents of every advertising dollar in...

Federal finance minister confirms plans to tax digital giants

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has announced plans that the new federal government will move forward with its plans to tax global digital giants. Morneau told...

Facebook, Postmedia update election advertising policies

Facebook Canada launched a series of new transparency tools ahead of the upcoming 2019 federal election. The tools, which are part of Facebook’s effort to...

Inside Facebook’s plans for local Canadian news

Facebook is bringing a program which originated in the U.S. to Canada. Today, Facebook Canada pressed play on its Local News Accelerator program. The initiative,...