A very long but quite insightful look at how Facebook's (Meta's) ban on Canadian news has affected those publishers who relied on the revenue. As the story reveals, for some of them, it's been truly catastrophic. And there's no end in sight, as Meta doubles down on the strategy, hoping to stop other countries from trying the same thing. 

And it's not just newspapers. Radio is being killed by it, too.

"The ban rollout was also messy because it affected media outlets that don’t produce news. Among them was the satire and parody publication, The Beaverton, and campus radio stations, from CIUT 89.5 at the University of Toronto to CJSW 90.9 at the University of Calgary. 

CJSW Station Manager Adam Kamis believes campus radio stations were included in the list of news agencies simply because they are community media, rather than being assessed individually. “We lost our Instagram and Facebook about this time last year,” he explained.

CJSW, which has been broadcasting since 1957, has 110 music, spoken word and multicultural programs in more than 10 languages. They have volunteer hosts talk about stories that matter to them, Kamis explained. “And, we don’t even really do news reporting that much."

How Meta’s News Ban Reshaped Canadian Media