CBC Says Government-Facebook Feud to Blame for Declining Website Traffic

Published on March 6, 2024

Ottawa’s financial fight with Facebook has damaged CBC’s popularity online, according to financial statements that show the media firm lost millions of website visitors last year. CBC.ca has long been the most viewed news site in the country with content uploaded by upward of 1,000 staff writers and editors. The public broadcasting corporation’s third quarter financial report revealed the English language website had dropped 23 percent from 20.7 million in 2022 to roughly 16 million unique visitors per month last year. “Digital reach for the CBC is trending below target due to Facebook’s news withdrawal in Canada,” CBC said in its report, which was obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter....