Media industry

FILE - The OpenAI logo is seen displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT’s Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. OpenAI will start using news content from News Corp. as part of a multiyear deal between the two companies. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)

OpenAI to start using news content from News Corp in multiyear deal

Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and New York Post have decided to collaborate rather than fight

 

Long-time TSN host Darren Dutchyshen, show in a 2018 TSN handout photo, has died at 57, the network announced Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-TSN-Darren Goldstein

‘Larger-than-life personality’: TSN’s Darren Dutchyshen dead at 57

Broadcaster started at the sports network in 1995 and became a mainstay

 

Journalist Rex Murphy poses in this undated handout photo from the CBC. The National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy, the pro-oil pundit who was at once the steady stickhandler of a national call-in radio show and a driver of divisive online discourse, has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, CBC, Dustin Rabin

Canadian broadcaster and commentator Rex Murphy dead at 77

Murphy hosted CBC Radio’s “Cross Country Checkup” for more than two decades

 

BCE chief executive Mirko Bibic is to give a speech to the Canadian Club Toronto Monday. Bibic speaks during a CRTC hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Bell CEO blames ‘shifting viewing habits’ for thousands of job cuts

Bibic called before Parliament after the company announced 4,800 job cuts in February

BCE chief executive Mirko Bibic is to give a speech to the Canadian Club Toronto Monday. Bibic speaks during a CRTC hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Deborah Mayer works on a livestream on TikTok on Wednesday, March 21, 2024, in Freehold, N.J. Mayer has sold new and pre-owned handbags and other designer goods out of her New Jersey home for 16 years. Early last year, TikTok recruited her business for the live component of TikTok Shop. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Corporations in good shape if TikTok goes dark, not so much the little guy

Smaller brands have come to rely on social media platform as U.S. threatens national ban

Deborah Mayer works on a livestream on TikTok on Wednesday, March 21, 2024, in Freehold, N.J. Mayer has sold new and pre-owned handbags and other designer goods out of her New Jersey home for 16 years. Early last year, TikTok recruited her business for the live component of TikTok Shop. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
A new report suggests Canadians’ television viewing habits continue to shift toward streaming platforms at the expense of traditional cable and satellite subscriptions, at a time when the federal regulator considers new rules to help level the playing field across the sector. A television remote control shows buttons to access streaming services Netflix and Amazon Prime, in a photo illustration made in Toronto, Friday, March 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini

More Canadians dive into streaming, pushing traditional TV aside

Couch Potato Report predicts half of Canada will be without traditional TV by 2026

A new report suggests Canadians’ television viewing habits continue to shift toward streaming platforms at the expense of traditional cable and satellite subscriptions, at a time when the federal regulator considers new rules to help level the playing field across the sector. A television remote control shows buttons to access streaming services Netflix and Amazon Prime, in a photo illustration made in Toronto, Friday, March 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini
FILE - Matthew Weiner, creator of “Mad Men,” stands among cast and crew members as he accepts the award for best drama series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2009. (AP Photos/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Ghost TV: hollow shells of cable TV networks continue as viewing habits change

Audiences have dropped of significantly for former powerhouses

FILE - Matthew Weiner, creator of “Mad Men,” stands among cast and crew members as he accepts the award for best drama series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2009. (AP Photos/Mark J. Terrill, File)
The Liberal government will extend a program that funds 400 local reporting jobs across the country. The Peace Tower of Parliament Hill is pictured through the iron fence along Wellington Street in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Ottawa extending Canada’s local journalism funding program

$58.8M will be available to fund journalists in under-represented communities until 2027

The Liberal government will extend a program that funds 400 local reporting jobs across the country. The Peace Tower of Parliament Hill is pictured through the iron fence along Wellington Street in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
FILE - A Microsoft Xbox Series X video game console is seen, on Dec. 7, 2021, in Marple Township, Pa. One small step for an intrepid crew of 24th century space explorers could be a giant leap — or flop — for Microsoft when the Xbox-maker launches its long-awaited video game Starfield. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Microsoft is making 4 exclusive Xbox video games available to rival consoles

Several exclusive Xbox games will be soon making their way to rival…

FILE - A Microsoft Xbox Series X video game console is seen, on Dec. 7, 2021, in Marple Township, Pa. One small step for an intrepid crew of 24th century space explorers could be a giant leap — or flop — for Microsoft when the Xbox-maker launches its long-awaited video game Starfield. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill after Bell Media announces job cuts, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Bell cuts come after it was granted $40M in regulatory relief: St-Onge

‘They are not going bankrupt. They’re still making billions of dollars.’

Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill after Bell Media announces job cuts, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Experts say BCE Inc.’s announcement of widespread layoffs at Bell Media will lead to further deterioration of local newsrooms and journalism that is less contextual. BCE Inc. headquarters is seen in Montreal on Thursday August 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Trudeau says he’s furious over Bell Media layoffs, calling it a ‘garbage decision’

Bell Media is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts

Experts say BCE Inc.’s announcement of widespread layoffs at Bell Media will lead to further deterioration of local newsrooms and journalism that is less contextual. BCE Inc. headquarters is seen in Montreal on Thursday August 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
While Canadian sports broadcasting powerbrokers have worked together on occasion in the past, it's unlikely they'd follow the path of their counterparts in the U.S. and team up again in the near future, sports media analysts said. Fans fill the stadium for the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers NHL Heritage Classic game in Edmonton on Sunday October 29, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

One-stop streaming shop for Canadian sports not in the cards soon: analysts

Move in the U.S. raises the question, but the situations are not the same

While Canadian sports broadcasting powerbrokers have worked together on occasion in the past, it's unlikely they'd follow the path of their counterparts in the U.S. and team up again in the near future, sports media analysts said. Fans fill the stadium for the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers NHL Heritage Classic game in Edmonton on Sunday October 29, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill after Bell Media announces job cuts, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

B.C.-based Vista promises no layoffs after buying 21 Bell radio stations

Pledge comes as politicians slam Bell Media for slashing after being granted $40M in relief

Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill after Bell Media announces job cuts, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Bell Canada head office is seen on Nun’s Island, Wednesday, August 5, 2015, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Bell Canada head office is seen on Nun’s Island, Wednesday, August 5, 2015, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Radio tuning to Vista as Bell broadcasts sell-off of 21 B.C. stations

Move part of Bell national restructuring that includes sale of 45 stations and loss of 4,800 jobs

Bell Canada head office is seen on Nun’s Island, Wednesday, August 5, 2015, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Bell Canada head office is seen on Nun’s Island, Wednesday, August 5, 2015, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Former Prince George councillor Cameron Stolz has purchased the city’s only newspaper after watching multiple outlets in other British Columbia Interior communities shut down last year. Stolz is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Prince George Citizen

Prince George newspaper bought by former city councillor

‘I do believe firmly that there is a need for local news for communities’

Former Prince George councillor Cameron Stolz has purchased the city’s only newspaper after watching multiple outlets in other British Columbia Interior communities shut down last year. Stolz is seen in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Prince George Citizen
FILE - A George Mason University fan holds up the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine at a send off for the team, Wednesday, March 29, 2006, in Fairfax, Va. The publisher of Sports Illustrated has notified employees it is planning to lay off a significant portion — possibly all — of the outlet’s staff after its license to use the iconic brand’s name in print and digital was revoked. In an email to employees Friday morning, Jan. 19, 2024, the Arena Group, which operates Sports Illustrated and related properties, said that Authentic Brands Group has revoked its marketing license. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

Sports Illustrated to lay off most or all its staff

News revealed in letter to employees after license to use its iconic brand name was revoked

FILE - A George Mason University fan holds up the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine at a send off for the team, Wednesday, March 29, 2006, in Fairfax, Va. The publisher of Sports Illustrated has notified employees it is planning to lay off a significant portion — possibly all — of the outlet’s staff after its license to use the iconic brand’s name in print and digital was revoked. In an email to employees Friday morning, Jan. 19, 2024, the Arena Group, which operates Sports Illustrated and related properties, said that Authentic Brands Group has revoked its marketing license. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)
An editor with an online media outlet says Edmonton police have arrested one of his reporters as they broke up a homeless encampment in the city. Police inspect a homeless encampment as residents and supporters have a stand off as police prepare to clear homeless encampments in Edmonton, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

Reporter among 3 arrested as Edmonton homeless camp dismantled

Ricochet Media said their reporter had been released on a promise to appear in court

An editor with an online media outlet says Edmonton police have arrested one of his reporters as they broke up a homeless encampment in the city. Police inspect a homeless encampment as residents and supporters have a stand off as police prepare to clear homeless encampments in Edmonton, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
FILE - Poland President Andrzej Duda speaks at an event in support of tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050 during at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Poland’s president says he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. President Andrzej Duda said Saturday, Dec. 23 he would veto the bill that includes 3 billion zlotys ($762 million) for public media and would propose a bill of his own. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)

Polish president tangles with new government in battle over control of state media

Liquidation gives the state news groups, their employees more protection from the political dispute

FILE - Poland President Andrzej Duda speaks at an event in support of tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050 during at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Poland’s president says he intends to veto a spending bill which includes money for public media and raises for teachers, dealing a blow to the new pro-European Union government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk. President Andrzej Duda said Saturday, Dec. 23 he would veto the bill that includes 3 billion zlotys ($762 million) for public media and would propose a bill of his own. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, file)
A press operator looks over the registration and color of a newspaper in Youngstown, Ohio on Aug.7, 2019. There was a flurry of closures of local Canadian newsrooms in 2023 that left municipal governments, non-profits and journalists themselves trying to figure out what’s next.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tony Dejak

Multiple closures erode Canadian local news coverage in 2023

Researchers say 36 local news outlets closed in Canada as trust in news reporting drops to 40%

A press operator looks over the registration and color of a newspaper in Youngstown, Ohio on Aug.7, 2019. There was a flurry of closures of local Canadian newsrooms in 2023 that left municipal governments, non-profits and journalists themselves trying to figure out what’s next.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tony Dejak
Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage, rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. The amount of funding private broadcasters will get through the Online News Act will be limited — with an even lower cap for the CBC — a federal government source confirms final regulations will say today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

CBC to get no more than $7M, private broadcasters $30M under Google deal

Online News Act will see $63M distributed between newspapers and digital media outlets

Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage, rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. The amount of funding private broadcasters will get through the Online News Act will be limited — with an even lower cap for the CBC — a federal government source confirms final regulations will say today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby