As the Bill C-18 Death Toll Climbs, New Study Confirms Publisher Traffic Has Been Gutted
Publisher shutdowns continue to rip through the news sector. Those that have survived so far are seeing their traffic plummet.
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Could Google’s Overview AI Present a Threat to the Open Web?
It’s hard to treat AI doomer stories seriously these days, but the Google Overview AI story may have some merit.
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Disgusting: Liberal Party Politicizes Wildfires to Push Link Tax
The wildfire season this year is looking to be horrible, but the Liberal party is turning it into a political opportunity to push the link tax.
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Google Pushes Back Against the Online News Act
We’re continuing to read the submissions sent to the CRTC in the Online News Act consultation. Today, we’re checking out Google’s response.
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Why International Media Should Be Watching the Google California Block Test
Google testing news link blocking in California could build up to have considerable implications for outlets beyond the US border.
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US Media Lobby Group Demands Investigation Into Google’s Perfectly Legal Test
US media lobby group, the News/Media Alliance, is calling on the Justice Department to retaliate against Google with a politically motivated “investigation”.
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The Canadian Government is Bailing Out the CBC Again
The Canadian government, in releasing their budget for the year, has announced that it is bailing out the CBC.
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Google Begins Test Blocking News Links in California
Google has started to test it’s ability to block news links in California in response to the CJPA (California link tax law).
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Why Discrimination Clauses in Bill C-18 Won’t Help Supporters War on Meta
With Meta in the process of blocking news in Australia, some have argued that discrimination clauses in Bill C-18 will save everyone. They won’t.
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US Publishers Are Pushing to Repeat Canada’s Link Tax Mistake
American publishers have apparently decided they want a piece of that link tax failure Canadian publishers have experienced.
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