An Indigenous newspaper covering communities across Saskatchewan says it is taking a “hopefully brief” but indefinite hiatus because it can’t afford to pay journalists or print its next edition.
Eagle Feather News editor-in-chief Kerry Benjoe says ad revenue has tanked since Facebook and Instagram banned Canadian news in response to the federal Online News Act — which requires platforms to pay journalism outlets for content shared on those platforms — in June.
“It’s grim. It’s dismal. It’s not a good place to be right now,” Benjoe said in an interview with CBC on Tuesday.
Citing a loss in advertising revenue driving news outlets to
