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Google sends funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption

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Google agreed to pay $100 million to Canadian news outlets in exchange for exemption from the Online News Act .

Canadian Journalism Collective said in mid-December that it was working to distribute the first tranche of funds by the end of January .

The collective estimated eligible publishers will receive about $13,798 per full-time equivalent journalist.

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83

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85

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89

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semi-formal

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English

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53

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

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short-lived

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