1. Since I've been challenged by @a_picazo, I'll explain why I'm wary of PostMedia proposal that Canadian gov't should subidize newspapers
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Let Post Media fail, junk coverage of issues.
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~Bombardier! Supporting X in Canada ≠ supporting the firms currently doing X badly But v. hard to separate the 2 in conversation
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would those firms stop doing X?
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so, break newspapers out of PostMedia then subsidize?
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exactly! :) 100% valid to set conditions on subsidies—tho Bombardier, PostMedia would def argue strenuously against them
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11. So: whatever merits in ad hoc subsidies Postmedia wants, Canadian gov't should think about longer range models of newspaper viability
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Maybe bail them out with the caveat that they have to break up the big newspaper to make it less disastrous if one fails.
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so....Bombardier-esque?
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