Media Industry News

OTTAWA — Representatives from Big Tech companies say a Liberal government bill that would begin regulating some artificial intelligence systems is too vague.

WINNIPEG — Canada's public broadcaster promises to increase Indigenous staffing and promote Indigenous languages in its content as part of a sweeping new strategy.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A former councillor in Prince George has purchased the city's only newspaper after watching multiple outlets in other British Columbia Interior communities shut down last year.

OTTAWA — As Canada's public broadcaster projects a budget shortfall, and with Conservatives threatening to defund it if they win the next election, its top executive says the way it's funded needs to dramatically change.

The chief executive of Rogers Communications Inc. dismissed analyst concerns about wireless customers leaving the carrier, saying the company was focused on its premium brand where performance was stronger.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is denying that it told CBC/Radio-Canada to cut its budget by 3.3 per cent, despite executives with the public broadcaster insisting that's part of the reason they're laying off 10 per cent of their workforce.

OTTAWA — The president of CBC and Radio-Canada signalled Tuesday that she will recommend bonuses are rolled out to executives this year, despite plans to cut 10 per cent of the national broadcaster's workforce.

WWE's weekly television show “Raw” will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal.

TORONTO — Two members of the Rogers family have settled their differences with their brother Edward and announced their retirement from the Rogers Communications Inc. board of directors after a bruising fight over who should lead the company.

SURREY, B.C. — Black Press Ltd., the owner of dozens of community newspapers across Western Canada, said Monday it had entered creditor protection, secured a tentative sale of the company and that founder David Black is retiring. The Surrey, B.C.