A Crucial Week for NPR & PBS; New Report Outlines Public Broadcaster’s Challenges in Canada

Your daily press recap about the digital media business

📰 Media & Political Influence

• ABC & CBS Settle with Trump—Risking the Commander-in-Chief Becoming Editor-in-Chief
  🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/abc-and-cbs-settlements-with-trump-are-a-dangerous-step-toward-the-commander-in-chief-becoming-the-editor-in-chief/

  

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• Rusbridger Urges BBC to Reclaim Courage over Gaza Coverage
  🔗 https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/alan-rusbridger-kicker-bbc-gaza.php

• “Protect My Public Media”: A Crucial Week for NPR & PBS
  🔗 https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/protect-my-public-media-npr-pbs-defunded/

• BBC Launches Investigation into Gaza War Coverage After Staff Backlash
  🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8mp79gyz1o

🤖 AI & Journalism

• The Media’s Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work
404 Media (via Nieman Journalism Lab roundup)
🔗 https://www.404media.co/the-medias-pivot-to-ai-is-not-real-and-not-going-to-work/

• Three Current Limitations of ChatGPT Compared to Google
  🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/trois-limites-actuelles-de-chatgpt-face-%C3%A0-google-ou-emily-turrettini-anoxf

• Google’s Veo 3 Generative Video Model Struggles with Subtitles
  🔗 https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/15/1120156/googles-generative-video-model-veo-3-has-a-subtitles-problem/

• Newspapers Use Generative AI to Surface Restaurant Reviews
  🔗 https://generative-ai-newsroom.com/the-newspapers-using-generative-ai-to-surface-restaurant-reviews-4ed4a75d21c2

• Google Discover AI Summaries Roll Out on iOS & Android
  🔗 https://www.theverge.com/news/708089/google-discover-ai-summaries-ios-android

📉 Canadian Public Media & Government Funding

• Underfunding, Distrust, National Security: New Report Outlines Public Broadcaster’s Challenges in Canada
  🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/medias/900754/quoi-devrait-aspirer-cbc-radio-canada

• Despite Liberal Promise of $150M, CBC/Radio-Canada Looks to Budget Cuts
  🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/900712/meme-radio-canada-pourrait-passer-bistouri-compressions-evoque-p-g

• CBC/Radio-Canada Faces Government Budget Cuts, Carney Confirms
  🔗 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2179721/cbc-radio-canada-compressions-budget-gouvernement-carney?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

• Pollara’s Annual “Trust in Media” Survey Ranks Canada’s Most Trusted News Outlets
  Pollara Strategic Insights
  🔗 https://www.pollara.com/pollaras-annual-trust-in-media-survey-ranks-canadas-most-trusted-news-outlets-2/