In a plea for long-demanded tax and regulatory changes, a large group of news companies is expressing grave concern about the future of the “vibrant media ecosystem in Canada” and the “health of news and of democracy.”
Among the changes requested by the group are modifications to Canadian tax rules for digital companies, changes to copyright protection and beefed up competition regulation. Those rules were written in 1996 for “an analogue economy,” the letter reads. During the recent election campaign, the victorious Liberal Party said it planned to address the issue and proposed a three-per-cent tax on the incomes of large digital companies operating in Canada.
The news outlets also argue that it’s “essential” that regulators gain access to the algorithms used by companies like Facebook and Google to determine which content gets displayed on the platform, to help guard against anti-competitive behaviour. The letter also encourages the government to crack down on large global companies that are “scraping and republishing news content without permission or payment,” which likely could be addressed with amendments to the Copyright Act.
There’s nothing worth reading in those rags anymore. They’re too political and no longer genuine news outlets. Please don’t waste anymore taxpayers money. Let the politicians pay for their own advertising!
Dunno, news seems to be everywhere these days
The news industry needs the netflix model. One monthly fee for multiple publications. People don’t just want to hear one perspective.
wrong headline .... let me fix it for you ...'news' industry in canada is dead ... propaganda industry begging once again for more money so they can print stuff no one reads or believes anymore
'You gotta do what you gotta do' to keep it out there!
It is mostly propaganda anyway. The news journalists are an extinct species. A lot of people running around pretending to be Journalists but are pushing agendas and propaganda. Die it is.
WE NEED THEM ALL TO GO BANKRUPT MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS THE MOST DISHONEST CORRUPT BIASED IT'S TIME TO RESET.
You've dirtied your beds selling ads with hysteria. You've sold your credibility with political interference. And then there's Twitter
More communist propaganda, post media, FAWQ OFF
Hate to break it to you, news industry died a decade ago. It was your job to educate and inform us and life us up. FAIL Instead you took the easy road out and catered to our base instincts. Anyone with an internet connection and a keyboard can do that. RIPnews
I would say 98 percent of media is left leaning gone are the days of fair reporting where politicians are being held accountable and the news media are neutral . The media is now the enemy of countries and they deserve nothing .
Ask JT for more free money to support him
I agree with the article, it's completely unfair the giants can link traditional news content then soak up all the ad revenue. Taxpayers shouldn't be bailing out evolving industries. Monopolistic companies responsible for the problem should have to through competition laws.
They are like churches. Over time everything losses it’s place in history. They have become opinions of them selves. Otherwise they would print the same facts.
Aw...the media prostitutes cry foul on treatment from the PM. Be patient my babies, I'm sure with talk, this can be resolved over time! PM may not have enough time to read your letter though, as the security council seat on is of higher priority than your needs!
It’s too late. They’ve brought this on themselves over years and years of dumbing down society’s steady diet of sensationalism and strife, conflict and naked bias.
If the NP is in trouble...it was their own doing! NP for whatever reason has chosen to employ the most biased based commentary. Focusing entirely on a smaller minority readership. Causing there own demise!!!
Because it is the state controlled media with 600 million, the state dictates the message and the media delivers it, so you only need to buy one state paper and listen to one state controlled news network
CBC doing fine, especially with Trudeaus' continuous generosity with other people's money ! ( Tax payers! ) 🤔
They should get it.
“fake capitalism”
Trudumb will give them everything they want so that the truth about anything and everything never emerges
It's time to take the fake news behind the barn.
CBC sucking up ad revenue that should go to private news organizations.
Just go away
The old saying ‘ the market is never wrong’ applies. The media needs to figure out why people don’t subscribe or follow news outlets. They might have to look inward not outward.
CBC not hurting. They're doing fine.
I would title your headline to “more bribes for newspaper industry to support Trudeau Liberals”.
Maybe start reporting news? Most Canadian media outlets are biased gossip....there was this thing you all use to report....facts...that's what it was...try printing those again
Because they're not needed, fuck 'em! Not you NP, you're cool. Usually.
If your content is crap, go figure. If you are waiting for a handout, then journalism is not your fare.