On this special episode of Hub Dialogues, publisher Rudyard Griffiths speaks with Maxime Cohen, Scale AI Chair in Data Science for Retail at McGill University, about his in-depth study about the Online News Act, its negative impact on Canadian newsrooms, and the future of news and journalism in Canada.

You can read the in-depth study on the Online News Act here: https://www.analysisgroup.com/globalassets/insights/publishing/2025_digital_disruption_in_news_media.pdf

The Hub Dialogues features The Hub's editor-at-large, Sean Speer, in conversation with leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, scholars, and thinkers on the issues and challenges that will shape Canada's future at home and abroad.

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Hub Dialogues: Maxime Cohen on the Online News Act and the changing economics of news businesses