Swat off the press: Meta v Canadas news ploy

Published: May 17, 2024, 9:42 a.m.

A bid to squeeze money from social-media platforms that link to news content has backfired: what was intended to help publishers is instead harming them. America\u2019s workers still work more than Europe\u2019s; what is changing is where they do it (9:44). And remembering Shirley Conran, whose books were more than merely saucy: they helped women with everything from money to mathematics (16:22). 


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