🍁 Canadian Independent Media

Continually updated list of independent Canadian professional, digital-first news outlets.

Steve Faguy

MontrĂ©al’s WKND 99.5 fires everyone, drops half its music, and will simulcast the talk of QUB

Nobody asked the CRTC for approval but the station hopes it will slip under the radar by keeping 50 per cent of its former format.

Mickey Djuric in the Canadian Press

Did the Federal government approve a bonus for the CBC CEO? It won’t say.

The CBC paid out $18.4 million in bonuses to non-union staff. The Mother Corp laid over 142 employees last year.

David Pugliese in the Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa Citizen defence writer wonders why the RCAF and National Defence tried to mislead him with false information

David Pugliese was covering a story on the new location for a RCAF aircraft refuelling station and was told a building in Ottawa was ‘secret for security reasons’. Except it wasn’t secret and the Department of Defence held public consultations.

Mickey Djuric in the Canadian Press

After laying off 141 employees, the CBC paid out $18.4 million in bonuses, $3.3 million of that to 45 executives

Earlier this year, the CBC released a a statement ‘Get the facts: “Bonuses” at CBC/Radio-Canada’ in which the Mother Corp stated it did not pay ‘bonuses’, only ’performance pay’.

Mark Edge in Canadian Dimension

Rebel News, Narcity, and KelownaNow have all been turned down by Canada Revenue for Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization status.

Acceptance means the ability to give out tax receipts. Narcity used its rejection to convince Meta to let it back on Facebook and Instagram.

Canadian Press

Postmedia buys the 27 Saltwire publications in Atlantic Canada for $1 million

Saltwire filed for bankruptcy in March. The pensions of 426 employees will be paid by Canadian taxpayers. Titles include The Chronicle Herald, Cape Breton Post, The Telegram, and The Guardian.

Anja Karadeglija in the Canadian Press

Global News owner Corus and representatives of TorStar, Postmedia, and the Globe & Mail don’t want to wait for Google’s $100 million payout

Rather choose a known entity, Google chose the upstart Canadian Journalism Collective to distribute $100 million to Canadian media. If the CRTC agrees, Google will be exempted from the Online News Act.

Kiernan Green in The Hub

The Online News Act caused a 50% drop in social media engagement for local Canadian news outlets, and a 25% drop for national news

One year after the passing of the Online News Act, the results have been devasting for local media.

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