Conservative Party MP Rachel Thomas has expressed concerns that public broadcaster CBC could receive the lion’s share of Google’s $100 million annual payment to Canadian media while smaller publishers see few benefits from the deal.
Ms. Thomas, who serves as her party’s heritage critic, says she assumes CBC could be receiving $33 million based on the fact that the public broadcaster employs a third of journalists in Canada.
CONFIRMED!
CBC has 1/3 of the journalists in the country so they’ll receive 1/3 of the $100 Million!
Bell, Rogers, and Torstar will be the other big winners!
Independent, local, BIPOC, and Indigenous media outlets are out of luck!
So much for “saving news”!#C18#cdnpoli… pic.twitter.com/uIywsQVMSK
— Rachael Thomas (@RachaelThomasMP) November 30, 2023
h/t Mauser
