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    1 year ago

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    “Many doubted that we would be successful, but I was confident we would find a way to address Google’s concerns,” she told reporters outside the House of Commons.

    The company said it would not have a mandatory negotiation model imposed on it for talks with Canadian media organizations, preferring to deal with a single point of contact.

    Jeff Elgie — CEO of Village Media, which runs 25 community news websites across the country — said he was happy that Google reached a deal with the government.

    But he added it could have happened sooner if the government had indicated from the beginning that it would allow tech giants to negotiate with a single collective of news outlets rather than individually.

    "We’ve created a fixed pool, or a fund model, that’s going to now be distributed centrally by one bargaining unit, in proportion to the number of journalists that the members have.

    “This agreement marks a very important step towards building a healthy news ecosystem for Canadians,” Mar said in a media statement.


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