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News Media Canada Calls on New Heritage Minister to Move Swiftly to Level the Playing Field Between Digital Platforms and News Publishers

26 October 2021
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TORONTO, ON –/COMMUNITYWIRE/– News Media Canada, representing hundreds of trusted print and digital titles in every province and territory, welcomed the appointment of the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez as Minister of Canadian Heritage.

“The economic realities and existential threat that publishers — both large and small — are facing are getting more dire by the day,” said Jamie Irving, chair of News Media Canada. “Google and Facebook’s take of those diminishing online ad revenues keeps on growing and now stands at roughly 90 per cent.”

“We welcome the re-appointment of Minister Rodriguez, who we expect will move swiftly to introduce legislation within 100 days that would require digital platforms that generate revenues from the publication of news content to share a portion of their revenues with Canadian news outlets,” said Paul Deegan, president and CEO of News Media Canada. “With all parties in agreement on the overall direction of the Australian model, we also hope that passage can be accomplished in early 2022 via budget implementation to put the industry on an urgently needed sustainable footing.”

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Paul Deegan, President and CEO 
News Media Canada 
pdeegan@newsmediacanada.ca

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