News Publishers Break Ranks, Have Google and Facebook Won?

November 15, 2021 On October 27th the Toronto Star caved to Google by signing a take-it-or-leave deal on payment for news content appearing in Google. Six days later, it caved to Facebook too. Don’t be too hard on Torstar owners Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett: almost every other Canadian news publisher had knuckled under, months earlier. It’s all down … Continue reading News Publishers Break Ranks, Have Google and Facebook Won?