Editorial independence assured, say Facebook and Canadian Press, amid launch of $1-million fellowship

A spokesperson for the heritage minister says 'we are currently looking at models adopted in other countries on appropriate remuneration of news content and will come back with new propositions in due course.'

Marc Dinsdale, head of media partnerships with Facebook Canada, left, and Gerry Arnold, executive editor with The Canadian Press. Mr. Arnold says CP will have 'complete rein' over how reporters will be assigned with 'no editorial input from Facebook whatsoever.'Photograph courtesy of Facebook, photograph courtesy of Gerry Arnold/The Canadian Press

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

June 29, 2020

Following the launch of a fellowship between Facebook and The Canadian Press—a model CP’s executive editor says has to be “a part of the future, or there won’t be a future”—the Canadian government has confirmed it’s looking at models adopted in other c...

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