Facebook will pay 14 Canadian publishers for news links in pilot project

TORONTO — Facebook Canada announced today it has signed commercial agreements with 14 Canadian publishers to participate in the News Innovation Test, which the social media giant calls “a new initiative to help promote a healthy news ecosystem, elevate authoritative journalism, and deliver a valuable experience for people on Facebook who are interested in news.” The 14 participating publishers (no broadcasters) are blogTO, Canada’s National Observer, The Coast, La coopérative nationale de l’information indépendente (publishers of Le Soleil, Le Droit and others), Daily Hive, Le Devoir, Discourse Media (The Discourse, IndigiNews and La Converse), FP Newspapers (Winnipeg Free Press, The...