The Prime Minister, the Netflix tax, and the vox populi

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Trust cascading Canadian journalism – Paramount wins the anti-trust battle – California signs off on news subsidies

Between regulatory opposites, Carney must plot a new course for the CRTC

Canadian Heritage Wakes Up (a guest column by Richard Stursberg)

Mark Carney, Canada’s cultural export

Looking away from AI Armageddon

In case of trade war, break glass

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Support for the Online Streaming Act is up – the story of Global News – California waits for Governor to sign a QCJO bill

Running on contact: Something Else for CanCon financing

The Trump carpetbaggers pillaging Canada

“Knowing those [streamer] players as we do, they were not going to say, ‘Thank you very much. We’re done.’” They were only going to regard that as the appetizer.”

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Zuckerberg settles kids’ lawsuit for $18B – doxxing liability for “networked harassment” – Cineplex’s Goliath flexes

The public got there first. Carney got there later.

Catching up on MediaPolicy – The $600M waterhole – Australia’s new C-18 – Paramount merger drama continues

Digital “alignment” and the Canadian Safe Social Media Act

Inside the lobbying fight over online streamers’ CanCon contributions

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Film industry throws down on Carney – ambitions for Canadian media tech – Paramount’s runaway shop

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Will Carney’s Netflix tax play in Chicoutimi? – is the Liberal kids safety bill safe from Trump? – Paramount Warner Bros trial date

Letter from a Canadian: On the meaning of trade ‘discrimination’

On Canada-US Friendship Day

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Village Media expands to middle America – Meta says Canadian news ban is good for its stock price – Paramount and US states face off over Warner Bros. merger

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Plan B for AI’s content theft – AI scorecards of news journalism – does Canada Post neutralize news subsidies? – minister Miller’s book briefing

Catching up on MediaPolicy – AI news scraping deal in Australia – who will pay for non-partisan journalism? – two paths to liberal democracy

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Carney’s Fleecing – Honest Reporting’s tax troubles – what CRTC chairs do – huzzah Canada!

Admit it. CBC News is the best.

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Your trust in news – Zuckerberg’s your daddy – Seeing Red – CBC is vulnerable – Do AI chatbots lean left? – Explaining Age Bans

Book Review: Tera Henley’s The Trust Spiral

Miller has no idea what Carney and Sarandos discussed – will Montreal voters punish the Netflix bailout? – Senate publishes CBC report – US media giants continue to merge

MediaPolicy’s First Explainer on the Safe Social Media Act

Catching Up – Miller explains the Netflix bailout – Federal ad vouchers to support Canadian media? – FCC approves the Paramount/ Warner Bros merger

Feds table Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – What comes after “No Netflix tax”? – British regulator backs news publishers vs Google AI

Carney’s online streaming act about-face is a blow to middle-power solidarity

Mark Carney’s big pivot on the Online Streaming Act: Elbows Up, this isn’t.

CanCon’s future is now: a conversation with Brad Danks

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – a Netflix tax? – Fawcett defends boss, subsidies – the Online News Act v. 2.0.

CanCon Corks bobbing on the ocean: the CRTC’s new ruling on Hollywood streamers in Canada

Catching up on MediaPolicy – media funding in Québec – innovation in news journalism – The Netflix Effect

Catching up on MediaPolicy – CBC’s missing $200M – The Six Billion Dollar news subsidy – The Hub says Yes to news subsidies – the nihilism of activist journalism – are paid news subscriptions enough f...

Catching up on MediaPolicy – journalism subsidies for news broadcasters ? – Australia lowers price on Big Tech news levy – Age verification bill tabled in House of Commons

A sustainable Canadian news media: what is to be done? A new report.

When you’re the last to know.

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Streamers spending less in Canada – CPAC gets a raise – Independent TV stations want interim funding – Bloc MP rips Rebel News

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Liberal majority means business for Heritage MPs – Rebel News is back on the policy menu – Buddy cops are back

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Being Galen Weston – California budget cuts – Liberal culture cuts, revisited

“The Left Wing Mainstream Media,” and other acts of magic.

UK Government's Copyright "Reform": The Content Giveaway is Rescinded, But What's Next?

Catching up on MediaPolicy – CRTC will adjudicate Meta’s ban on Canadian news outlets – US juries find Meta and YouTube liable for online harms to children

Richard Stursberg drills down on policy proposals for Canadian books he says can be winners (if only Ottawa would listen)