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> Under the single deal struck between the government and Google, for example, up to 30% of the funds will go towards broadcasters, with 7% of that going to Can

> Under the single deal struck between the government and Google, for example, up to 30% of the funds will go towards broadcasters, with 7% of that going to Canada's public broadcaster, the CBC. > A majority of the money will go to print and online media, with the amount determined by how many full-time employees they have. > The study added that local news outlets in Canada have been hit the hardest. I'm not surprised to see a law that favors entrenched corporate media at the expense of small local media. It's been that way as long as I can remember. I think we'd have been better off with a law that said Facebook needs to serve local news for X% of the (news) content. That would invigorate local media and, I think, be more palatable for Facebook.

ygjb 3y ago
I think there are trade-offs. Small local media is vitally important, but the problem implicit there is that biasing towards small, local media also means diverting funding to small teams that may or may not be high quality. For every Indiegraf, Tyee, or even small town papers like the Flin Flon Reminder, there is a Rebel Media that is just a microcosm of everything wrong with the media.
- lainga 3y ago
  Is the implied solution for the Federal government to draw up a list of acceptable media orgs? I think you'll get traction, that's very Canadian.
  - ygjb 3y ago
    I don't know the solution, but if there was going to be a committee formed to evaluate acceptable media organizations, I don't think the committee should be staffed by the government - there should be an appointed ombudsman who has responsibility for transparency, and it should be radically open. Beyond that, I would assume that there should be a method of identifying people who have actually studied journalism and it's role in society, for example, with a masters or doctorate in journalism and who have been actively engaged in the industry should be suitable.
- tharmas 3y ago
  +1 for mentioning the Tyee.
bryanlarsen 3y ago
A straight pro-rata share would have seen even more of the money go to the large corporates.
phyrex 3y ago
Meta doesn’t curate the news sources, it’s what the users share, so you couldn’t enforce that kind of quota

ygjb 3y ago

I think there are trade-offs. Small local media is vitally important, but the problem implicit there is that biasing towards small, local media also means diverting funding to small teams that may or may not be high quality. For every Indiegraf, Tyee, or even small town papers like the Flin Flon Reminder, there is a Rebel Media that is just a microcosm of everything wrong with the media.

lainga 3y ago
Is the implied solution for the Federal government to draw up a list of acceptable media orgs? I think you'll get traction, that's very Canadian.
- ygjb 3y ago
  I don't know the solution, but if there was going to be a committee formed to evaluate acceptable media organizations, I don't think the committee should be staffed by the government - there should be an appointed ombudsman who has responsibility for transparency, and it should be radically open. Beyond that, I would assume that there should be a method of identifying people who have actually studied journalism and it's role in society, for example, with a masters or doctorate in journalism and who have been actively engaged in the industry should be suitable.
tharmas 3y ago
+1 for mentioning the Tyee.

bryanlarsen 3y ago

A straight pro-rata share would have seen even more of the money go to the large corporates.

phyrex 3y ago

Meta doesn’t curate the news sources, it’s what the users share, so you couldn’t enforce that kind of quota