By David Farrell
Doug Ford’s arts-council cuts put magazines at risk
Provincial cuts to the Ontario Arts Council will leave small magazines struggling to pay writers and illustrators, silencing important minority and marginalized voices and putting the magazines’ survival in jeopardy, New Democrat MPP Jill Andrew says.
The arts council lost $10 million in funding in the spring budget and has been forced to make cuts of its own, including its “publishing organization project” that provided maximum grants of $10,000 to Ontario-based magazine and book publishers. – Rob Ferguson, The Star
Journalism group launches anti-fake news campaign ahead of election
A Canadian media non-profit is launching a campaign against fake news after recent polling found Canadians are regularly exposed to misinformation but don't always have the knowledge to combat it.
The Canadian Journalism Foundation's "Doubt It?" campaign aims to be an engaging collection of online quizzes and public service announcements from Canadian media personalities such as retired CBC host Peter Mansbridge. – Salmaan Farooqui, The Canadian Press
How do you regulate Big Tech in the digital age? The four main political parties offer their views
Social media has become the battlefield for politicians in the upcoming October federal election.
The Liberals are leading in Facebook ad spending, followed by the Conservatives as the two parties try to woo voters in the digital age. According to estimates from Facebook’s ad library, the Facebook pages of the Liberal Party of Canada and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent $454,179 in the last 30 days.
The Conservative party page and leader Andrew Scheer’s page racked up $285,031 in ad spending. The NDP spent $99,846.
Here’s the irony: The very platforms the main political parties hope to regulate are the ones they are dependent on in getting their message out. – Tony Wong, The Star
Dale Patterson publishes new book: Close, But No Cigar
Close But No Cigar, Runnerups, Nearly-Weres and Also Rans, is Dale Patterson's third book. His first was What Time of Day Was That? History by The Minute in 2001, pinpointing the time of day events took place in history. That was followed in 2013 by Fifteen Minutes of Fame: History's One-Hit Wonders, a look at those who were very famous for a very short time.
Patterson worked for 35 years as a reporter and editor for The Canadian Press news agency in Toronto. Since 1996, he has published the website Rock Radio Scrapbook, focusing on the history of Top 40 radio in Canada and the U.S. He was also the founder of the SOWNY Board and is and is the PD/MD at oldies non-hits Oh Wow Radio on Live 365.
With Facebook's coming news tab, only some will get paid
Facebook Inc. is planning to pay only a minority of publishers whose headlines will be featured in its coming news section, according to people familiar with the matter.
The specialized news section—which will appear on the toolbar at the bottom of Facebook’s mobile app—is set to launch as early as the end of October and will include links to stories from about 200 publications, the people said.
A person familiar with the matter said Facebook had never planned to pay all the news outlets whose content it would link to in its news section. – Sahil Patel & Lukas I. Alpert, WSJ
– Sources for today’s column include the SOWNY Board, Kerry Doole, and Google.
