Google, Meta to block news in Canada
Front Burner
00:00
Introduction
Last week was a terrible week for Canadian media. Google and Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, both announced their plans to block links to stories from Canadian media outlets. Also last week, it came out that Post Media, which owns brands, including the National Post and Nordstar, are talking about merging. Chris Waddell is a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carlton University. We're going to talk about what this could mean for the country's news industry and the country that relies on it.
Transcript
Play full episode
