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Catching Up on MediaPolicy – the new season of Stursberg’s CBC – the federal budget – Le Devoir’s Meta work around – Australia will regulate Netflix Image by OpenAI Are you not entertained? Richard Stursberg wants CBC audiences to say yes November 8, 2025 This week MediaPolicy posted a guest column from Richard Stursberg, the former Vice Presid…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - the new season of Stursberg's CBC - the federal budget - Le Devoir's Meta work around - Australia will regulate Netflix mediapolicy.ca/2025/11/08/c...

Are you not entertained? Richard Stursberg’s five year plan for the CBC November 6, 2025 In October CBC President Marie-Philippe Bouchard unveiled her eagerly anticipated five year plan for the public broadcaster. MediaPolicy commented on her map here and here. Months …

Are you not entertained? Richard Stursberg’s five year plan for the CBC

“We will measure our success not just in terms of audiences, but also the debates and controversies it engenders “

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Letter to the Editor: there’s an alternative to S-209 choice of age verification November 2, 2025 In response to the October 30, 2025 post from MediaPolicy.ca, I have some ideas on how Canada could proceed with accomplishing the objectives behind S-209, “An Act to restric…

Letter to the Editor: there’s an alternative to S-209 choice of age verification mediapolicy.ca/2025/11/02/l...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Will YouTube take it all? – the CRTC’s intriguing question for music streamers – leading news avoiders to water Graphic from the Hollywood Reporter November 1, 2025 It’s not exactly breaking news, but YouTube is taking over television. Or to put it more vividly, YouTube is threatening to storm the Alamo of t…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - Will YouTube take it all? - the CRTC's intriguing question for music streamers - leading news avoiders to water mediapolicy.ca/2025/11/01/c...

Canada’s age verification bill S-209 faces its first Parliamentary test October 30, 2025 The Senate’s justice committee will soon be voting on Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne’s Bill S-209, an age verification bill for pornography that was launched in the upper house and …

Canada’s age verification bill S-209 faces its first Parliamentary test mediapolicy.ca/2025/10/30/c...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Canadians don’t want culture thrown under the bus – the CBC’s trust factor – Wikipedia or Wokepedia (Some classic Canadian humour to start your weekend) October 25, 2025 MediaPolicy previously made the observation that while Culture and Identity Minister Steven Guilbeault rejects any further trad…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - Canadians don't want culture thrown under the bus - the CBC's trust factor - Wikipedia or Wokepedia mediapolicy.ca/2025/10/25/c...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – CBC President unveils a new vision – Anti-porn bill is back in the Senate – did C-18 give Google a get-out-of-jail card on content scraping? October 18, 2025 Last fall, when the CBC seemed destined to fall at the hands of an incoming Conservative government, MediaPolicy published a number of posts on “what is to be done” if the CBC rece…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - CBC President unveils a new vision - Anti-porn bill is back in the Senate - did C-18 give Google a get-out-of-jail card on content scraping? mediapolicy.ca/2025/10/18/c...

Child safety law S-209 is back in Parliament, porn sites want Californian-style age verification Image by Open AI October 16, 2025 Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne’s age verification bill for pornography is back in the Parliamentary pipeline. The Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs co…

Child safety law S-209 is back in Parliament, porn sites want Californian-style age verification mediapolicy.ca/2025/10/16/c...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Spotify’s coy ignorance – Guilbeault’s agenda – Paramount, HBO and Crave October 11, 2025 I am guessing the five commissioners running the CRTC’s public hearing on radio broadcasting and audio streaming read Simon Gionet’s column in Le Devoir, published on the las…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - Spotify's coy ignorance - Guilbeault's agenda - Paramount, HBO and Crave mediapolicy.ca/2025/10/10/_...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – The AI Death Star – the Ellison media empire AI Image October 5, 2025 There is a good analysis piece by Gretel Kahn that reviews the distribution of the $100 million Bill C-18 Google payments to Canadian news outlets and the Meta ban on Canad…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - The AI Death Star - the Ellison media empire mediapolicy.ca/2025/10/05/c...

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Dhanraj tells his CBC story – Kimmel is back, really back – Unifor launches CheckFactHere – Western Standard cashs a federal cheque September 27, 2025 Last week Culture and Identity Minister Steven Guilbeault showed up at the House of Commons’ heritage committee for his root canal. The Conservatives were on him immediately abou…

Catching up on MediaPolicy - Dhanraj tells his CBC story - Kimmel is back, really back - Unifor launches CheckFactHere - Western Standard cashs a federal cheque mediapolicy.ca/2025/09/27/c...

How the CBC should get its mind right: David Cayley’s new book Author and CBC Ideas producer David Cayley September 24, 2025 David Cayley, The CBC: How Canada’s Public Broadcaster Lost Its Voice (And How to Get It Back Again), published by Sutherland Hou…

How the CBC should get its mind right: David Cayley's new book mediapolicy.ca/2025/09/24/h...

Catching up on MediaPolicy – CRTC begins hearings on music streaming – MAGA media mayhem – RadioCanada’s Jewish problem September 20, 2025 The CRTC is shaping the regulatory path for streaming services in Canada in three big files: audio content, video content and media distribution. The public hearings for video an…

Catching up on MediaPolicy - CRTC begins hearings on music streaming - MAGA media mayhem - RadioCanada's Jewish problem mediapolicy.ca/2025/09/20/c...

Saying the quiet part out loud: Radio-Canada’s anti-Semitic report from Washington September 18, 2025 On Monday, Radio-Canada’s Washington correspondent Élisa Serret, appearing on the network’s afternoon news show “Sur Le Terrain,” was asked by the host how it was that the US gov…

Saying the quiet part out loud: Radio-Canada's anti-Semitic report from Washington mediapolicy.ca/2025/09/18/s...

Catching up on MediaPolicy – Dhanraj files CBC accusations – are US cable networks marching right ? – TIFF’S Degrassi documentary will screen after all AI Image courtesy of OpenAI The Travis Dhanraj story that MediaPolicy followed this summer took another step forward with the former news host filing a formal complaint against the CBC at the feder…

Catching up on MediaPolicy - Dhanraj files CBC accusations - are US cable networks marching right ? - TIFF'S Degrassi documentary will screen after all mediapolicy.ca/2025/09/13/c...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – I love France – Google’s houdini escape – elbows up on digital sovereignty – you’re dead to me Polling graphic from The Argument September 6, 2025 French journalist unions have won a share of the licensing fees negotiated by publishers with AI companies whom are paying for the news content t…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - I love France - Google's houdini escape - elbows up on digital sovereignty - you're dead to me mediapolicy.ca/2025/09/06/c...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – European digital regulation in the crosshairs – performative press freedoms – ominous TV earnings August 31, 2025 If you track news reports about President Donald Trump’s tariffs, you may recall that he struck a one-sided framework agreement with the European Union on July 28th. The headline wa…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - European digital regulation in the crosshairs - performative press freedoms - ominous TV earnings mediapolicy.ca/2025/08/31/c...

Google news cash: are we rewarding news or opinion? August 23, 2025 This year’s final payment from the $100 million pot of Google news licensing cash is about to land in publisher and broadcaster bank accounts. The ka-ching is the responsibility of …

Google news cash: are we rewarding news or opinion? mediapolicy.ca/2025/08/23/g...

The State of the Union: what the White House thinks of Canadian Media August 20, 2025 The Canadian Press reported last week that the US State Department has an opinion on Canada’s respect for the independence of the press and freedom of expression…

The State of the Union: what the White House thinks of Canadian Media mediapolicy.ca/2025/08/20/t...

The State of the Union: what the White House thinks of Canadian Media August 20, 2025 The Canadian Press reported last week that the US State Department has an opinion on Canada’s respect for the independence of the press and freedom of expression. And it isn’t good.…

The State of the Union: what the White House thinks of Canadian Media mediapolicy.ca/2025/08/20/t...

The lady is not for turning: Julie Miville-Dechêne’s campaign for kids and porn regulation Senatrice Julie Miville-Dechêne does not give up easily. The senator appointed by Justin Trudeau in 2018 is now engaged in her third try to get the pornography-regulating Bill S-209 passed through …

The lady is not for turning: Julie Miville-Dechêne's campaign for kids and porn regulation mediapolicy.ca/2025/08/16/t...

Catching up on MediaPolicy – TIFF disinvites another documentary – Big Tech gears up for making trade war on Canada Reuters photo, Kibbutz Berri, October 7, 2023 August 14, 2025 The Toronto International Film Festival may impale itself on yet another disinvitation, this year it’s the documentary “The Road Betwee…

Catching up on MediaPolicy - TIFF disinvites another documentary - Big Tech gears up for making trade war on Canada mediapolicy.ca/2025/08/14/c...

“The most dangerous (or not) Internet bill you never heard of.” Bill S-209 is ready for Parliamentary prime time August 12, 2025 There’s a media bill coming to the House of Commons this fall that will create a stir. It’s called “An Act to enact the Protection of Minors in the Digital Age Act and to amend the …

"The most dangerous (or not) Internet bill you never heard of." Bill S-209 is ready for Parliamentary prime time mediapolicy.ca/2025/08/12/t...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Election news deserts – “the Americans will run over us”- Andrew Coyne’s true secrets August 5, 2025 The Public Policy Forum has followed up its February report “The Lost Estate” on the state of local news with a study of news poverty at election time.  “Uncovered” advoc…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - Election news deserts - "the Americans will run over us"- Andrew Coyne's true secrets mediapolicy.ca/2025/08/05/c...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Our Canadian AI Death Star – do our musicians stand a chance? AI generated image – OpenAI July 31, 2025 The latest development in the AI Death Star powering up to blast news journalism is Google’s AI Mode. AI Mode is the longer form iteration on Google’…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - Our Canadian AI Death Star - do our musicians stand a chance? mediapolicy.ca/2025/07/31/c...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Kings, jesters and cable lords – the AI Death Star – PBS and NPR defunded – the next Dhanraj leak – how to fix the CBC July 24, 2025 It’s a sheepish admission I make this week, but sometimes American culture wars can be so darn entertaining. Take the recent exchange of verbal gun fire between President Trump, the U…

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - Kings, jesters and cable lords - the AI Death Star - PBS and NPR defunded - the next Dhanraj leak - how to fix the CBC mediapolicy.ca/2025/07/24/c...

Catching Up on MediaPolicy – The CBC’s nightmare – Canadian ban on TikTok down to the wire – ‘Empathie’ on Crave July 17, 2025 Travis Dhanraj’s lawyer is shovelling more coal into the litigation furnace by calling upon disaffected CBC staff to e-mail her with their complaints.  In a video interview with …

Catching Up on MediaPolicy - The CBC’s nightmare - Canadian ban on TikTok down to the wire - 'Empathie' on Crave mediapolicy.ca/2025/07/17/c...

The ticking media bombshell: Conservatives want hearings on Travis Dhanraj quitting the CBC Television host and journalist Travis Dhanraj – CBC Photo July 12, 2025 The fireworks ignited by television host Travis Dhanraj’s public resignation from the CBC will not be a flash in the pa…

The ticking media bombshell: Conservatives want hearings on Travis Dhanraj quitting the CBC mediapolicy.ca/2025/07/12/t...

First glimpse of the AI media apocalypse Image generated by WordPress/Open AI tool July 9, 2025 Two news items about AI technology just grabbed headlines. The first was the revelation by the UK news outlet Mail Online that its traffic ref…

First glimpse of the AI media apocalypse mediapolicy.ca/2025/07/09/f...

Catching up on MediaPolicy – dirge for the DST – Hollywood gets state cash – online harms legislation still cooking – who stole the music grants? CBC explainer on the repeal of the Digital Services tax July 5, 2025 Soon the wake for Canada’s digital services tax (DST) will be over and the news cycle will re-fire for the next trade batt…

Catching up on MediaPolicy - dirge for the DST - Hollywood gets state cash - online harms legislation still cooking - who stole the music grants? mediapolicy.ca/2025/07/05/c...