Losing the ability to share news on Facebook has hurt Theresa Blackburn’s bottom line and her newspaper’s ability to serve her community — and as she works around the clock to keep her business afloat, she’s pleading with lawmakers to make a deal with Meta so publishers can once again share their content.
Blackburn’s free newspaper, the River Valley Sun, covers “ultra-local” news in New Brunswick’s Western Valley, a rural stretch of the western part of the province serving about 35,000 to 40,000 people.
