Canada’s newspaper publishers are calling on the federal government to bring in a model similar to one adopted by Australia to correct the imbalance between publishers and tech giants like Google and Facebook.
While Canadians increasingly get their news content online, often from their local newspaper, the majority of the revenue generated by that news content often goes to tech giants rather than the companies who paid to produce it.
The publishers — which include Postmedia, the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Winnipeg Free Press, Black Press and many other local and regional titles — make several requests of the government:
— Create a federal digital media regulatory agency to ensure market fairness.
— Require platforms like Google and Facebook to negotiate the use of the content, like news stories, at a fair price.
— Require platforms to recognize and prioritize original news content.
— Give publishers 28 days’ notice before any algorithm changes that will impact publishers.
The government has not commented on the proposal nor made any commitments in public regarding this report.
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