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‘It’s going to be messy’: Andrew Coyne on the uncertain future of journalism—and why he’s ultimately optimistic

A man reads a newspaper as he makes his way along Sparks Street Mall in Ottawa on Thursday March 7, 2013. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne discussing the opportunities and challenges facing Canada’s news media, the problems with government support for the industry, and why he is optimistic about the future of journalism.

The episode is part of The Hub‘s Future of News series in which The Hub‘s editor-at-large, Sean Speer, will be in conversation with journalists and policy thinkers to explore the challenges facing the news media industry and the respective roles of business and government to establish sustainable models for producing and distributing news and information. The Future of News series is supported and funded by The Hub’s foundation donors and Meta.

You can listen to this Future of News episode on AcastAmazonAppleGoogle, and Spotify. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.

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