Canadian media approaches a ‘cliff’; subsidies not the answer, say industry analysts

A media panel at the Canada 2020 conference tackled the evolving digital landscape and the civic perils of misinformation.

University of B.C. assistant professor Taylor Owen speaks during a media panel at the fourth annual Canada 2020 conference last week.Photo courtesy of Canada 2020

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 21, 2017

Canada's media ecosystem is ill-equipped to adapt to a digital landscape, and some of the solutions proposed by the federal House Heritage Committee would do little to address the root causes, warned one researcher at a conference put on by the think-tank Canada 2020 l...

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