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ByIan DeJong September 8, 2023February 12, 2025

As a result of a misguided new law and the stubbornness of big tech companies, the Canadian news industry faces digital extinction. On June 22, the Canadian government passed Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act. This new piece of legislation requires big tech companies like Google and Meta to pay news publications…

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Mirage in the news desert
ByAngela Reitsma Bick August 11, 2023August 11, 2023

I didn’t see the Twin Towers fall. I didn’t even hear about it until September 12, when my mom called our tiny Moscow apartment at 6 a.m. local time with a horrible update: terrorists … planes … the world has changed. Word-of-mouth news. We didn’t own a computer and it would be another decade before…

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