News due billions as Canada tells Google to sell ad tech

The monopolist is ordered to sell DFP and AdX after regulators found it conned news outlets 200 billion times a month...

When publishers take on Big Tech it’s been like ants fighting elephants, but when the news industry combines, it’s the bigger elephant.

I’ve been making this argument for years.

Finally, we have proof as Canada’s publishers, government, regulators, and lawmakers have joined forces to break up Big Tech, and demand tens of billions in damages.

The country has become the epicentre of an emerging model which may coalesce into a model that can sustain publishing for years. It’s heady stuff, and I’ve just got back.

First, I revealed a class action brought by a feisty local news owner in Alberta and a top legal firm that’s on target to win billions in damages for local publishers.

Then, this weekend, I reported how Canada’s largest publishers are suing OpenAI demanding $14,7000 for every article stolen to train Chat-GPT. That’s billions more.

Today I’m pulling the wraps off another gangster move, this time from the Canadian competition bureau.

It just ordered Google to sell its ad server DFP a…