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Canadian advocacy group
Friends of Canadian Media
(formerly
Friends of Public Broadcasting
and
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
, styled
FRIENDS
[1]
) is a Canadian advocacy group that monitors developments in the Canadian
television
and
radio
broadcasting industries. The group promotes expansion of
public broadcasting
, investment in
Canadian content
, and production of local news while opposing
concentration of media ownership
and foreign ownership of Canadian broadcasters.
Friends of Canadian Media presents the Dalton Camp Award, named for journalist and political commentator
Dalton Camp
. The $10,000 award is presented to the winner of an essay competition on the link between Canadian media and democracy. The group is non-partisan.
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