400. 2026 will be Canada’s cage match – December 31, 2025
399. Canadians in a dangerous time – December 28, 2025
398. Catching up on MediaPolicy – Online harms bill is coming back – Canadians are alienated – Manitoba action on local media – December 23, 2025
397. Catching up on MediaPolicy – CUSMA snooker – CRTC copyright ruling appealed – shareholder vote on Netflix v Paramount – the Oscars on YouTube – December 20, 2025
396. Catching up on MediaPolicy – Québec’s Netflix-Spotify bill is in play – social media ban for teens – hostile bid for Warner Bros and CNN – OpenAI’s Disney video app – December 13, 2025
395. Catching up on MediaPolicy – Netflix is Rex – Miller is minister – CRTC vets Meta’s news ban – December 7, 2025
394. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Ranting about CanCon – Danish news subsidies – Meta lobbies Feds on age verification – the NFB’s gripping sailing documentary – November 29, 2025
393. Opinion: The CRTC’s ruling on television copyright: for a branch-plant CanCon economy – November 27, 2025
392. Analysis: What did the CRTC just do to CanCon? – November 22, 2025
391. Breaking: CRTC shakes up CanCon rules – November 18, 2025
390. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – The BBC lies the truth – Australia dips its toes into C-11 waters – Cohere fails to stop AI lawsuit – November 15, 2025
389. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – the new season of Stursberg’s CBC – the federal budget – Le Devoir’s Meta work around – Australia will regulate Netflix – November 8, 2025
388. Are you not entertained? Richard Stursberg’s five year plan for the CBC – November 6, 2025
387. Letter to the Editor: there’s an alternative to S-209 choice of age verification – November 2, 2025
386. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Will YouTube take it all? – the CRTC’s intriguing question for music streamers – leading news avoiders to water – November 1, 2025
385. Canada’s age verification bill S-209 faces its first Parliamentary test – October 30, 2025
384. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Canadians don’t want culture thrown under the bus – the CBC’s trust factor – Wikipedia or Wokepedia – October 25, 2025
383. 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
382. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Spotify’s coy ignorance – Guilbeault’s agenda – Paramount, HBO and Crave – October 11, 2025
381. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – The AI Death Star – the Ellison media empire – October 5, 2025
380. 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
379. How the CBC should get its mind right: David Cayley’s new book – September 24, 2025
378. Catching up on MediaPolicy – CRTC begins hearings on music streaming – MAGA media mayhem – RadioCanada’s Jewish problem – September 20, 2025
377. Saying the quiet part out loud: Radio-Canada’s anti-Semitic report from Washington – September 18, 2025
376. Catching up on MediaPolicy – Dhanraj files CBC accusations – are US cable networks marching right ? – TIFF’S Degrassi documentary will screen after all – September 14, 2025
375. A Memory of Hudson Janisch – September 9, 2025
374. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – I love France – Google’s houdini escape – elbows up on digital sovereignty – you’re dead to me – September 6, 2025
373. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – European digital regulation in the crosshairs – performative press freedoms – ominous TV earnings – August 31, 2025
372. Google news cash: are we rewarding news or opinion? – August 23, 2025
371. The State of the Union: what the White House thinks of Canadian Media – August 20, 2025
370. The lady is not for turning: Julie Miville-Dechêne’s campaign for kids and porn regulation – August 16, 2025
369. Catching up on MediaPolicy – TIFF disinvites another documentary – Big Tech gears up for making trade war on Canada – August 14, 2025
368. “The most dangerous (or not) Internet bill you never heard of.” Bill S-209 is ready for Parliamentary prime time – August 12, 2025
367. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Election news deserts – “the Americans will run over us”- Andrew Coyne’s true secrets – August 5, 2025
366. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Our Canadian AI Death Star – do our musicians stand a chance? – July 31, 2025
365. 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 25, 2025
363. The ticking media bombshell: Conservatives want hearings on Travis Dhanraj quitting the CBC – July 12, 2025
362. First glimpse of the AI media apocalypse – July 9, 2025
361. Catching up on MediaPolicy – dirge for the DST – Hollywood gets state cash – online harms legislation still cooking – who stole the music grants? – July 5, 2025
360. Carney’s “cave” to Trump on the DST roils Canadians – July 2, 2025
359. Carney blinked – June 30, 2025
358. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Carney’s US publisher – CRTC confronts chokepoints in online distribution – our best Canadian songs– June 29, 2025
357. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – News subscriptions stall – Guilbeault parries Québec cultural demands – Bell’s proposal for local TV news – June 22, 2025
356. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – CRTC rules on local news funding – NPR and PBS closer to defunding – who is the media now? – June 14, 2025
355. Catching up on MediaPolicy – Aussies closing in on Meta – Prairie TV stations go dark – Spotify cites Canadian success – June 7, 2025
354. Catching up on MediaPolicy – Can Québec shove aside the federal Bill C-11? – CBC bonus pay, the epilogue – Will Page’s “screwed losers.” – June 1, 2025
353. Québec’s Bill 109 is the wild card in the Bill C-11 deck – May 28, 2025
352. Catching up on Media Policy: Canada dips in the World Press Freedom index after journalist arrests – Trump’s 100% tariffs on Hollywood – May 6, 2025
351. Miles to go: the Media Policy work of the 45th Parliament – May 1, 2025
350. Et tu, Pierre: the Tories’ surprise media policy – April 26, 2025
349. The CBC as “national scold” and “vector of polarization.” – April 24, 2025
348. 2025 Federal Election platforms leave a lot to the imagination – April 22, 2025
347. The high stakes of defunding the CBC – April 18, 2025
346. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Overwhelming public support for “culture and identity” – TikTok influencers make their election mark – April 16, 2025
345. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Zuckerberg on trial – Poilievre endorses Liberal DST – No merger deal at CN2i – North of Netflix – April 12, 2025
344. Catching up on MediaPolicy – Carney’s CBC platform – Rogers renews NHL deal – Google’s Richard Gingras joins Village Media – April 5, 2025
343. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Rebirthing the CBC – The Juno glow – Exporting CanCon – April 1, 2025
342. The CBC reborn: MediaPolicy’s view – March 29, 2025
341. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Say his name – Shopify’s Tech Bros have their sights on Canada – MAGA puts PBS and NPR on trial – March 27, 2025
340. CAB President Kevin Desjardins says Canadian broadcasting needs a new regulatory bargain – March 25, 2025
339. Catching up on MediaPolicy – Kate Taylor on CanCon – Steven Guilbeault, the sequel – Best Canadian movies – March 22, 2025
338. “Success is based on trusting our artists”: culture reporter Kate Taylor on CanCon then and now. – March 19, 2025
337. We knew what the US was capable of. We just didn’t think it would be us. – March 15, 2025
336. To broadcasters’ dismay, CRTC’s radio consultation doesn’t budge on airplay quotas – March 13, 2025
335. Catching up on MediaPolicy: why we’re so funny – no Netflix taxes anymore – a Québec media merger ? – March 8, 2025
334. Buy Canadian (media): “close the tax loophole” revisited – March 5, 2025
333. Catching up on MediaPolicy – CBC’s Gaza coverage – New poll on Canadian TV content – Blue Rodeo works its ass off – March 1, 2025
332. Honest Reporting v. the CBC – Jeff Bezos v. The Washington Post – February 27, 2025
331. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – The CBC times two – CRTC launches its audio policy hearing – Juno News and press independence – February 23, 2025
330. A new CBC: Heritage Minister challenges future PM to better fund and govern the public broadcaster – February 21, 2025
329. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – the DST is not a trade issue- the music cartels in Canada- redesigning journalism aid – from the Super Bowl to Manifest Destiny – February 15, 2025
328. MediaPolicy’s speech to Digital Media at the Crossroads: an update on regulating music streamers in Canada – February 13, 2025
327. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – choosing CBC news or entertainment – Libs reverse the Meta ad ban – the economics of Canadian book publishing – February 10, 2025
326. Catching up on MediaPolicy – Canadian culture first – Spotify the Colossus – the CRTC’s better late than never – The Shapiro Oracle speaks to Will Page – February 1, 2025
325. A “Canada First” trade policy for Canadian culture – January 28, 2025
324. Catching up on MediaPolicy – The Tech Bro line up – the cost of QCJO subsidies – January 25, 2025
322. Holly Doan, Watchdog – January 17, 2025
318. How much online hate and misinformation do Canadians see? Do your politics matter? – January 1, 2025
317. Pollsters took the pulse of Canadian media consumers in 2024 – December 29, 2024
314. Letter to the Editor: Menzies comments about journalism education are off base – December 17, 2024
313. A very different CBC: an interview with Peter Menzies – December 16, 2024
310. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – MPs whip and clip the CBC – Meta’s deadline – Big Tech’s bad week – bar fights as CanCon – November 30, 2024
309. Letter to the Editor from APTN: Stursberg’s proposal for CBC show ‘undermines’ Indigenous broadcaster – November 28, 2024
307. The CRTC maps out its Netflix plan – November 20, 2024
305. CBC: Welcome Mme.Bouchard, here’s some advice – November 13, 2024
303. Spotify v. CanCon, starring Bryan Adams – November 3, 2024
302. Travels in America – October 29, 2024
300. Independent news publishers chart a path through the local news crisis – October 17, 2024
298. End of the CBC? An interview with author Chris Waddell – October 10, 2024
295. Uncancelling “Russians at War” – September 24, 2024
291. Catching Up on MediaPolicy: the lake edition – September 2, 2024
290. Foreign streamers are not driving Canadian content, we need decisive regulation – August 28, 2024
289. Catching up on MediaPolicy.ca – Piling on the CBC – cable TV’s summer hurricane – August 24, 2024
287. How the Brits are going to do Canada one better on Bill C-18 – August 17, 2024
286. The leaky Meta news ban is roiling Canadian journalism – August 11, 2024
285. Google raises prices for Canadian advertisers in rebuke to Digital Services Tax – August 8, 2024
284. Pollara Poll on trust in media is full of news nuggets – August 5, 2024
282. Can the CRTC solve the riddle of local TV news? – July 26, 2024
280. We all agree: news journalism subsidies are necessary – July 17, 2024
279. Hail Bill C-11: our Canadian common ground – July 15, 2024
275. Fair, not fair or fake: the aftermath of the CRTC ruling on video streamer CanCon – June 26, 2024
274. Polled support for Internet regulation holding strong – June 24, 2024
272. The Reuters Digital News Report: a Canadian drill-down – June 19, 2024
271. Insights from the 2024 Reuters Digital News Report – June 17, 2024
270. Catching up on MediaPolicy -The Netflix Tax – The News Tax – The Google Tax – June 14, 2024
269. Golly, it’s a Netflix tax – June 14, 2024
265. Disruption in Hollywood: The Army of the Dead is on the march – May 23, 2024
263. CRTC inches forward on broadcaster pleas for regulation relief – May 14, 2024
261. We love watchdogs: A review of Journalism for the Public Good – May 11, 2024
260. In stores this week: How Ottawa took on Netflix and the streaming giants – May 5, 2024
256. The “Hallmarks of Hate:” can C-63 fight hate speech and only hate speech? – April 11, 2024
254. C-63 hate speech laws dissected by legal experts – April 4, 2024
252. Catching Up on MediaPolicy – Hate speech before and after Bill C-63 – March 23, 2024
251. What Canadians think about Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act and hate speech law – March 21, 2024
248. Jeff Elgie, the Canadian media unicorn – March 5, 2024
240. The Online News Act is law: a buzzer-beater win or epic miscalculation? – January 20, 2024
236. Lies. Damn Lies. And Meta. – December 27, 2023
233. “Holding the powerful to account.” Journalists included. – December 16, 2023
232. Catching Up on MediaPolicy: what’s next at the CBC – the death of Reader’s Digest, December 10, 2023
229. The Bell Show. The feuding over wholesale broadband continues – November 23, 2023
227. CRTC hearings on C-11 begin Monday: here’s what to expect – November 17, 2023
226. Hits and Misses: Heritage Minister tweaks C-11 instructions to the CRTC – November 15, 2023
224. Pressure mounts on Heritage Minister over French-language music streaming – November 11, 2023
222. “In Defence of Copyright,” a review – November 3, 2023.
220. Google’s news throttle threat may go down to the wire – October 25, 2023
219. Minister on the spot: Pascale St.Onge’s C-11 Policy Direction – October 24, 2023
217. CBC, Hamas and the terrorist label – October 19, 2023
215. The faux outrage over podcasting – October 4, 2023
213. Sponsors of American C-18 legislation still waiting for Congressional vote -September 28, 2023
207. Does the Competition Bureau care about the Meta news throttle? August 7, 2023
206. What Hollywood Wants: CRTC filings on first phase of C-11 implementation – August 4, 2023
205. Canada’s bumpy ride toward a national news strategy: continuing the discussion – July 31, 2023
201. Opinion Poll measures the impact of Big Tech threats of news throttling – July 11, 2023
199. Corus knocks on the door and the CRTC can no longer ignore local TV news – July 6, 2023
197. The Liberals need an end-game strategy to deal with Big Tech – June 30, 2023
193. Heritage Minister’s Policy Direction to the CRTC gives few C-11 hints – June 9, 2023
191. The policy dog’s breakfast, Bill C-18 – June 1, 2023
189. The US Trade Bear, Red in Tooth and Claw – May 26, 2023
187. CRTC issues road-map to C-11 implementation – May 13, 2023
186. Unloved community TV stations appear before Senate Committee on C-18 – May 12, 2023
184. War and Peace: Big Tech tells Parliamentarians how it’s going to be – May 4, 2023
183. The perils of polling: C-11, YouTubers and Abacus Data – May 2, 2023
181. Mr.Prime Minister, fight for the CBC – April 21, 2023
180. The Broadcasting Participation Fund – A Correction – April 16, 2023
176. A minnow win on a whale of an issue: CRTC rules for OneSoccer – March 29, 2023
173. ChatGPT, journalism and Bill C-18 – March 15, 2023
172. Catching up on MediaPolicy.ca – Meta goes nuclear on C-18 – Google defies MPs – March 11, 2023
164. Margaret Atwood and Bill C-11, February 6, 2023
160. New year, new team. The CRTC has its toes on the starting line. January 31, 2023
147. Senators back YouTubers in C-11; Heritage MPs amend and pass C-18 – December 10, 2022
146. C-18: What we learned from the Australian News Media Bargaining Code – December 5, 2022
144. The vexing ‘original news’ problem of Rebel News and Bill C-18 – November 30, 2022
143. Heritage MPs could make C-18 better, or much worse – November 28, 2022
141. Bell’s C-11 Proposal: a Q and A with Canadian TV exec Brad Danks – November 23, 2022
140. Six C-11 amendments the Senate must pass – November 21, 2022
138. Senators, it’s time to put up or shut up on C-11 – November 17, 2022
135. Nanos survey shows public support for C-18 but also the limits of polling – November 10, 2022
134. The Next Internet Czar: Bill C-11 gives cabinet sweeping powers it shouldn’t have – November 7, 2022
132. Local TV news gets no love from Parliamentarians considering C-11 – November 3, 2022
131. Heritage MPs debate C-18 “link taxes” and the theory of one waterhole – November 1, 2022
130. Canadian MPs confront, supplicate Meta over threat of C-18 retaliation – October 31, 2022
129. Must it be war? A peace proposal for C-18 – October 26, 2022
127. If we all knocked back a shot of truth serum and debated C-11 – October 20, 2022
126. Google takes the C-18 heat at Heritage Committee – October 18, 2022
125. The error-riddled Abacus C-18 poll commissioned by Google tells us nothing – October 17, 2022
123. Will Bill C-18 help rural publishers and push back news deserts? – October 12, 2022
121. Liberals’ accountability in Marouf scandal stymied by Conservative filibuster – October 7, 2022
120. Senate witnesses refocus the C-11 debate on what matters – October 4, 2022
117. Heritage Committee begins debate on C-18 the Online News Act – September 27, 2022
115. YouTube’s bad day at the Senate. C-11 – September 22, 2022
114. Senate C-11 Hearings: Canadian programming and the Gretzky factor – September 20, 2022
110. ‘Telling Canadian stories’ is not a slogan. – September 9, 2022
109. Lawyers, Beer, and Money: the CRTC’s broadband imbroglio. – September 6, 2022
104. Firing Lisa LaFlamme: Bell Media’s self sabotage – August 18, 2022
101. Catching Up on MediaPolicy.ca – The American version of C-18 inches forward, August 6, 2022
97. CRTC Report says the loss of US programming imperils Canadian broadcasters – July 22, 2022
96. How a Twitter spat gets us closer to the facts on C-11’s impact on YouTube – July 17, 2022
94. J.J.McCullough’s Summer DIY: Kill Bill C-11 – July 14, 2022
93. Has the CRTC set up the CBC to be defunded? – July 11, 2022
89. If you thought C-11 was noisy, get ready for the Online Harms Bill- June 29, 2022
88. What we learned about C-11 at the Senate Committee – June 24, 2022
87. Memo to Senators: C-11 is coming to a screen near you – June 21, 2022
86. Catching Up: C-11 reaches Third reading with amendments, but not for local TV news – June 18, 2022
85. C-11 Amendments that made the cut, and some that didn’t. – June 16, 2022
84. Local News must be Heritage MPs’ priority C-11 amendment – June 13, 2022
83. Catching Up on MediaPolicy.ca: Filibuster and Closure of C-11 – June 11, 2022
82. Day Seven at the Heritage Committee: C-11 Filibuster Continues – June 9, 2022
81. California, Canada and C-11: a response to Leonard St-Aubin – June 7, 2022
79. A Short List of C-11 Amendments: will they find favour with Heritage MPs? – June 6, 2022
77. Day Four of Heritage C-11 hearings: Starring J.J. McCullough – June 2, 2022
76. Day Three of C-11 hearings brings threat of Tory filibuster – June 1, 2022
75. Day Two: Happy Warrior makes C-11 hearings great drama – May 30, 2022
72. Day One: C-11 Policy Debate Breaks out at Heritage Committee Hearing – May 24, 2022
71. Bill C-11` Narrows or Removes CRTC Powers over User Generated Content, May 23, 2022
70. Just Another Day at the Heritage Committee, “Incompetence”! May 19, 2022
69. Heritage MPs Want Action on Rogers-Shaw Impact on Local and Community News, May 17, 2022
68. The Last Time They Tried to Fix Merger Law, May 16, 2022
67. Rethinking Canadian content in a Post C-11 World, May 13, 2022
66. Rogers-Shaw: Competition Bureau Takes Centre Stage, May 11, 2022
65. Nanos Poll: Canadian Support Feds’ Internet Regulation, May 10, 2022
64. Bill C-11: An FAQ, May 4, 2022
63. Will Bill C-11 Save Canadian Content? (Last of 3 Parts), May 2, 2022
61. Freedom: the Critics of Bill C-11, Part 2 of 3 – April 27, 2022
59. Catching Up on MediaPolicy.ca: Rogers is on a roll, Netflix hits middle age. April 22, 2022
54. Rodriguez’s Re-boot on Online Harms consultation is Policy with Brains, April 3, 2022
53. Analysis: CRTC vets Rogers Shaw merger, Competition Bureau is next. March 27, 2022
52. British Regulator Follows CRTC, Bans RT News, March 19, 2022
51. The Strange Censorship Ruling on Russia Today, March 17, 2022
48. Big Tech Pay-for-News Legislation is Overdue, March 1, 2022
46. CRTC Chair Ian Scott: the story behind the photo, February 22, 2022
45. Online Streaming Act debated in Commons before going to Committee, February 17, 2022
44. A wobbly advertising rebound in 2021, February 10, 2022
42. Will Big Tech be cut down to size? February 3, 2022
38. Catching Up: Recently on @MediaPolicy.ca: Here Comes 2022, January 5, 2022
37. Can Non-Profit Local Journalism Save Democracy? Robert McChesney says Yes We Can., January 1, 2022
36. Catching Up: This Week on MediaPolicy.ca, December 26, 2021
35. Rogers, Bell and Telus get their last words in CRTC’s Merger Hearing, December 21, 2021
34. Catching Up: Last week on @MediaPolicy.ca, December 19, 2021
32. Catching Up: the Last Week on @MediaPolicy.ca, December 11, 2021
31. Digging Deeper into the Google Pay-for-Content Deals, December 5, 2021
30. Catching up: the Last Week on @MediaPolicy.ca, December 4, 2021
29. Canada’s “audience tax” on GAFAM companies stands, for now, December 1, 2021
27. Rogers/Shaw Wrap Up: What the CRTC Might Do with the Merger, November 29, 2021
26. Catching up: the Last Week on @MediaPolicy.ca, November 28, 2021
25. The CRTC’s chickens come home to roost on Internet TV and Local News, November 24, 2021
24. What’s at Stake in the Rogers/Shaw CRTC Broadcasting Hearing, November 22, 2021
23. News Publishers Break Ranks, Have Google and Facebook Won?, November 15, 2021
22. The Libs’ Online Harms Bill Can’t Be Rushed, October 15, 2021
21. Whistleblower rips the lid off Facebook’s Online Harms, October 8, 2021
20. Part five. How the Platforms Should Pay for Journalism, September 17, 2021
18. Part three. How Facebook and Google Monetize Your Privacy, September 11, 2021
17. Part Two. The Rise of Google and Facebook and the Decline of Canadian Local News, September 1, 2021
16. Part one. News Journalism v. Google & Facebook: Why the Web Giants Should Pay, August 30, 2021
15. Analysis: MPs Play Games with Bill C-10, May 5, 2021
14. Broadcasters Sound the Alarm on Local News, August 30, 2020
13. Australian-Rules Regulation: How Google and Facebook will at last pay for news content, June 8, 2020
12. Janet and the Goliaths, February 21, 2020
11. Will the Next Parliament Save Journalism?, November 18, 2019
10. Review: Canada’s Cultural Apocalypse: Review of Richard Stursberg’s Tangled Garden, July 4, 2019
9. Facts About Journalism Panel Lost in the Media Storm, May 28, 2019
8. Journalism through Yellow-Vest Glasses, April 17, 2019
7. Andrew Coyne on the Great Threat to Journalism, March 21, 2019
6. This CRTC Chair Ain’t Afraid of No Netflix Tax, June 1, 2018
5. Doug Ford TV: Fox or Faux?, May 8, 2018
4. #MSM Haters Rejoice, Federal Budget Does Little to #SaveLocalNews , February 17, 2018
3. Why the Piracy Defenders Have It Wrong, February 7, 2018
2. Movie-theft is not a victimless crime, January 30, 2018
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