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Media Beat: September 10, 2018

Media Beat: September 10, 2018

By David Farrell

Canada must tax and regulate online tech giants

Few would argue that all businesses should not be treated equally under the law, yet today’s political consensus delivers the exact opposite result: a two-tiered system where Canadian businesses are subject to Parliament’s will and foreign internet giants are allowed to write their own rules.


In 1984, Orwell depicted the final conquest of totalitarianism with characters who had come to believe that “War is peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength.” The innovation fantasy maintains its power by normalizing exactly this type of absurd language. The “sharing economy” involves no sharing. “Social media” empowers the most anti-social elements in our society. – Editorial by Daniel Bernhard, Toronto Star

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Corporate America Is standing up for a better change

Ford, Levi Strauss and Nike are prominent in a growing wave of big brands that are showing leadership in a country where the elected leaders have seemingly gone mad. – Ellen McGirt, Fortune

Nike sales surge following Colin Kaepernick ad campaign

According to Edison Trends, a digital commerce research company: “Nike sales grew 31% from Sunday through Tuesday over Labor Day this year, besting 2017’s comparative 17% increase.” – Martin Pengelly, The Guardian (UK)

 

 

Colin Kaepernick Nike Commercial

 

 

Why it’s time news got to know its readers

Readers have distinct needs and behaviours. The challenge for publishers, both new startups like Synopted or large-scale national outlets, becomes: What part of a reader’s habitual information routine can we occupy? And what community of readers can we serve? – Ipsita Agarwal, Medium

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Yves Jarvis and Mustafa Album Covers

Yves Jarvis and Mustafa Album Covers

Awards

Polaris Music Prize Stays True to Itself After 20 Years: Critic's Take

Montreal’s Yves Jarvis won the $30,000 Canadian album of the year prize for All Cylinders, while Mustafa claimed the first-ever SOCAN Polaris Song Prize for “Gaza Is Calling.”

For 20 years, the Polaris Prize has refused to compromise. This year's winner is proof of that.

Montreal-based musician Yves Jarvis took home the $30,000 prize for the Canadian album of the year for his album All Cylinders last night (Sept. 16) at the gala at Massey Hall in Toronto and broadcast live on CBC Gem and YouTube.

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