June 7 was an exciting day at Indiegraf, with the announcement that Google chose Canadian journalism collective, which to distribute its $ 100 million CAD annual contribution to the Canadian news ecosystem under the online news Act.
Canadian journalism is a non-profit institution, which is chaired by a steering committee headed by a steering committee headed by Indegraf CEO Erin Miller, and it is built by a diverse group of publishers and broadcasters, including a diverse group, including Indigenous Public Places Pivators Pivators Pivators Pwat. City, The Exporms, The Express, CJC-CCJ were established to promote stability, equity and innovation in Canadian news ecosystems.
“We are ready to work with complete diversity of Canadian news ecosystems, including traditional print and broadcast organizations and independent local news publishers, including indigenous, black and racial communities and frankone communities, including independent local news publishers,” said the independent board director Sadia Giles in a statement by CJC-CCJ.
“Indiegraf News is present to make entrepreneurship easier so that all communities can reach quality local journalism. To ensure that independent media, journalism startups and traditional news rooms can reach equally new revenue currents, it is important for that mission, ”said Miller of Indigraff. “This is why Indiegraf is advocating an approach with the online news Act including meaningful news innovations, and I am encouraged that the diversity of representation and transparency was preferred in Google’s decision.”
The online news act, also known as Bill C -18, became Canadian law in June 2023. In December 2023, the Canadian Heritage Department announced an agreement in which Google was made mandatory to contribute $ 100 million annually to Canada’s news organizations. In early 2024, Google posted an open call for groups interested in working single collectively with interacting and distributing an annual contribution of $ 100 million.
In a statement of June 7, announcing his decision, Jaffer Zaidi, vice-president of the Global News Partnership of Google, said that the selection process was informed by “diversity of representation, a strong governance structure, a high level of transparency, and assurance that as much money will go in the news organizations. Canadian news will support the complete diversity of the ecosystem. “
CRTC, Canadian Broadcasting Regulatory, Google is expected to start a 30-day public consultation on the agreement between CJC-CCJ and Google soon before the Google exempts the online news Act. Once the commission’s work is completed, CJC-CCJ is planning to conduct a formal and comprehensive stake engagement process.
Indiegraf and our partner publishers have long advocated to be transparent to the online news Act and have included news innovators as Bill C -18 was introduced in 2022. When the law was passed in 2023 and Meta replied by drawing news material from its platforms in Canada, Indigraffes noted the fact that news startups and indigenous. The team of experts from Indegraf has collaborated with the publishers affected by the news ban of Meta to reach the audience and create an alternative approach to develop long -term flexibility and distribution freedom.
Recently, Indiegraf sponsored a workshop at Democracy at a conference co-co -med by DAIS at OCAD University and Toronto Metropolitan University, which brought out the online news act to discuss the online news act among other issues affecting the future of journalism in Canadian democracy.
“This is a long road, and I am grateful not only to stay through this storm for the flexibility, creativity and determination of our Canadian fellow publishers, but also contributes to the better future to the news ecosystem,” Miller says. “Everyone’s eyes are in Canada with California and other courts, which are considering similar policies, and the indigenf will continue to advocate for the financing of solutions and policies promoting equity, development and stability in local news ecosystems.”
