EXPLAINER: The Winners and Losers in the $100 Million Google Deal for Media

EXPLAINER: The Winners and Losers in the $100 Million Google Deal for Media
A Google sign at the company's office in San Francisco, Calif., on April 12, 2023. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
Noé Chartier
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An almost last-minute deal ahead of a December deadline saw the federal government strike an agreement with Google that would prevent the tech giant from blocking Canadian news on its platform.

But while the Liberal government said it was “happy” to end the standoff with the web behemoth this week, concerns raised throughout the process to pass the Online News Act (Bill C-18) have now proven valuable.

Noé Chartier
Noé Chartier
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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