Sat., April 1, 2023, in the Toronto Star
News that Canada could force Google and Meta to contribute to the cost of generating journalism travelled quickly.
Here in Australia, we were excited to read that legislation based on our own News Media Bargaining Code had passed through the House of Commons in Ottawa at the end of last year.
For the last few months, while the legislation has wended its way through the Senate, disinformation about C-18 has been spread like a social disease. Some Canadian outlets have falsely reported that only large media conglomerates got tech deals here in Australia. This is fake news
I should know. I am the co-chair of a group of 24 small and independent Australian publishers who secured a deal from Google. And we were not the only ones. A larger group of 180 regional papers, Country Press Australia also did a deal as did a range of individual small and mid-sized titles.
And also see Corporations and government have a duty to support made-in-Canada journalism, Toronto Star owner says
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