CMDC launches manifesto; Calls for commitment to support local media

WITH THE LAUNCH of its Canadian Media Manifesto, the Canadian Media Directors’ Council is calling on industry leaders to commit to supporting local media. A video for the campaign was posted to the CMDC’s YouTube channel last Friday and appears on a dedicated page on the organization’s website. “The media landscape is more fragmented than ever, and that’s pulling money out of our communities and away from local media, but it’s so much more than that,” a narrator says in the video. With the loss of local media, Canadians are now “relying on industry leaders to come together and provide...