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The CBC logo is projected onto a screen during the CBC s annual upfront presentation in Toronto, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. A group of prominent Canadians is calling on the CBC to rethink its decision to significantly cut staff and rebrand the globally focused Radio Canada International to focus on domestic news. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin February 16, 2021 - 1:00 AM
OTTAWA - A group of prominent Canadians is calling on the CBC to rethink its decision to significantly cut staff and rebrand the globally focused Radio Canada International to focus on domestic news.
Wojtek Gwiazda, spokesman for the group trying to save RCI, says the CBC is planning to cut 13 full-time staff and three contract jobs from a staff of about 20.
Prominent Canadians call on CBC to rethink decision to cut staff, rebrand Radio Canada International
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Microsoft Corp. is calling on Canada and other nations to adopt an Australian plan to force internet behemoths Google LLC and Facebook Inc. to pay for local news in a move that could vastly expand its own Bing search engine.
Brad Smith, president of Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, disputes the tech giants’ arguments against the Australian legislative proposal, championing Canberra’s stand to boost local journalism and the democracy it in turn supports. He’s urging the U.S., Canada and the European Union to follow suit.
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