Local news matters: CBC to hire more journalists, launch new platforms
Local news matters: CBC to hire more journalists, launch new platforms
The recent official exemption of Google from the Online News Act will see Canadian news publishers get $100 million a year from the company for the next five years, indexed to inflation. CBC/Radio-Canada's portion of this fund is capped at seven per cent, split equally between the French- and English-language service. As we announced in this press release, CBC will dedicate the new funding to the hiring of local journalists in underserved communities, with a focus on Western Canada.
thats great news. CBC is such a jem.
/Radio-Canada's portion of this fund is capped at seven per cent, split equally between the French- and English-language service
Shouldn't this be split proportionately between French and English? That seems more equitable to me.
Regardless, I think this is good, at least if they follow their radio model. I like their podcasts too, so nice to see more local stuff in podcast form.
I don't really like their news TV channel, it's a little too 24 hour news cycle for me, and it's really hard to watch via their apps because it's just their commercial music 50% of the time. I've lost a lot of trust in TV news.
Shouldn’t this be split proportionately between French and English? That seems more equitable to me.
It depends—in proportion to what, exactly? Some things cost the same amount whether you're using them 100% of the time or only 10%. Some costs may be shared between the French and English sides. Others scale with the amount of material being produced. Very few scale with the number of listeners, and French Radio-Canada is broadcast in large areas outside of Quebec. Splitting the money into even halves makes for simpler bookkeeping, and simplifying the bookkeeping saves money.