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September 10, 2021

Australia proves that small publishers benefit from collective negotiation with Big Tech - Canada should follow suit

Australia proves that small publishers benefit from collective negotiation with Big Tech - Canada should follow suit
News Media Canada believes that Canada should introduce legislation in the next Parliament that would allow Canadian publishers to negotiate collectively with Google and Facebook, and those negotiations should be backed up by baseball-style, final offer arbitration.

Local Journalism Initiative to be spotlighted during
Right to Know Week conference

Local Journalism Initiative to be spotlighted during Right to Know Week conference
News Media Canada is excited to be involved in a special session about the Local Journalism Initiative and its work to combat news deserts at the upcoming Right to Know Week conference. This event is dedicated to discussing the importance of maintaining the principles of the "Right to Know" in our democracy.

MARKETING FEATURE

Presenting our National Newspaper Week 2021 ad campaign: Truth be told

Presenting our National Newspaper Week 2021 ad campaign: Truth be told
News Media Canada has developed a new ad campaign to celebrate National Newspaper Week 2021 featuring the limited-edition artwork by Ola Volo as part of our 2021 Champion The Truth collection. Publishers are encouraged to participate in this annual nationwide advertising campaign in newspaper pages and websites from coast to coast.
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La Presse debuts Context in Sunday editions

La Presse debuts Context in Sunday editions
Context is a magazine-style section that offers opinion pieces, analysis and editorials about current events and news, while also offering more opportunities for interaction with readers.

Bev Wake to become next executive director
of National Newspaper Awards

Bev Wake to become next executive director of National Newspaper Awards
The National Newspaper Awards (NNAs) has announced that Bev Wake, a longtime journalists with several Postmedia publications, will be the organization's next executive director, effective July 1, 2022.

Josh O’Connor, president of Sound Publishing,
takes on new role with Black Press

Josh O’Connor, president of Sound Publishing, takes on new role with Black Press
O’Connor has been named co-chief operating officer of Black Press. In his new role, he will join fellow co-chief operating officer, Randy Blair, in overseeing operations in Canada, Washington and Alaska.

Your latest Atlantic Journalism Awards spotlight

Your latest Atlantic Journalism Awards spotlight
This week's spotlight of a recent Atlantic Journalism Awards gold winner is on Aidan Cox of the Daily Gleaner and the story 'holes in tracking raise questions around racial discrimination in policing.'

LEVELLING THE DIGITAL PLAYING FIELD

Your Levelling the Digital Playing Field update
for the week of September 8, 2021

Your Levelling the Digital Playing Field update for September 8, 2021
The Liberal Party of Canada has announced it is committed to ‘Level the Playing Field with Digital Giants’ as well as providing other support measures for journalism in the event they are re-elected in the upcoming federal election.

Prominent political journalist Althia Raj joins the Toronto Star

Prominent political journalist Althia Raj joins the Toronto Star
The Toronto Star announced earlier this week that it has hired senior Canadian political journalist Althia Raj. She will be starting immediately. Raj is an Ottawa-based multimedia journalist and a member of the CBC’s At Issue panel.

Graham Harrop celebrates a quarter century
creating cartoons for the Vancouver Sun

Graham Harrop celebrates a quarter century creating cartoons for the Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver Sun has published a feature on long-time editorial cartoonist Graham Harrop, who has been drawing for the Postmedia publication for 25 years. According to the story, Harrop had his first cartoons about daily life published in the Powell River News when he was only 14 years old.

RESEACH SPOTLIGHT

Research shows Canadians trust printed newspaper ads

Research shows Canadians trust printed newspaper ads
Trust has never been more critical, particularly during the current pandemic when Canadians are looking for trusted, credible sources of information. And this extends to the ads around us, in traditional and digital formats.

#ICYMI New op-ed for members:
Time to put a filling in truth decay

New op-ed for members: Time to put a filling in truth decay
Jamie Irving, chair and Paul Deegan, president and CEO of News Media Canada have written a new op-ed that we encourage members to run in their publications and on their websites.

World News Day 2021 hosts announced

World News Day 2021 hosts announced
Actor Victor Garber and Farah Nasser, anchor on Global News, will host this year's World News Day: The Climate Crisis, a virtual event on Sept. 28 highlighting the vital role journalism plays in providing the public with facts about the climate emergency.

QCNA to hold AGM on September 17

QCNA postpones annual general meeting until September
QCNA will be holding their rescheduled AGM on September 17 in order to finalized the audited financial statements.

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