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How to fix Canada’s biggest media problem in one easy step
Ottawa is poised to provide almost $600 million in financial assistance to Canada’s news media. Will it do the right thing and restrict the incentives to Canadian-owned companies? Continue Reading How to fix Canada’s biggest media problem in one easy step
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Do oil and paper mix on B.C.’s northwest coast?
When the island paper was sold to Black Press Media, Haida Gwaii residents began to re-evaluate their relationship to local news Continue Reading Do oil and paper mix on B.C.’s northwest coast?
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Supreme Court ruling makes need for Competition Act reform urgent
History’s habit of repeating itself has once again hamstrung Canadian antitrust law when it comes to preventing media monopolies. This time, however, the Supreme Court of Canada has left the door wide…
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Media concentration climbs in Canada as newsrooms shrink
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor If the Canadian media landscape is a pie, few people are getting a piece of it right now. “If we look at the mediascape as a whole,…
