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Canadian Newsrooms ill-Prepared for a Critical Moment; Taxing the Digital Barbarians

Canadian Newsrooms ill-Prepared for a Critical Moment; Taxing the Digital Barbarians

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Jan 16, 2025
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Taxing the "Digital Barbarians"

Source: Lautjournal
https://www.lautjournal.info/20250115/replique-trump-taxer-les-barbares-numeriques

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Canadian Newsrooms ill-Prepared for a Critical Moment

Source: The Maple
https://www.readthemaple.com/canadian-newsrooms-ill-prepared-to-meet-critical-moment/


Meta Executives Obsessed with Beating OpenAI’s GPT-4, Court Documents Reveal

Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/meta-execs-obsessed-over-beating-openais-gpt-4-internally-court-filings-reveal/


Principles in Question: The Faces of Ethics

Source: Newswire
https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/question-de-principes-les-visages-de-la-deontologie-808607194.html


How Consumer Apps Enable Tracking of Users Without Their Knowledge

Source: Le Monde
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2025/01/15/comment-des-applications-grand-public-facilitent-le-pistage-des-utilisateurs-a-leur-insu_6498708_4408996.html?


Federal Access to Information Requests: Up to Seven Years for a Response

Source: Journal de Québec
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2025/01/15/les-demandes-dacces-a-linformation-au-federal-jusqua-sept-ans-pour-obtenir-des-reponses


Complaints Swept Under the Rug: Rogers Wins Telecommunications Complaint Crown

Source: Journal de Montréal
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/01/15/telecommunications-les-plaintes-dans-le-tapis-rogers-remporte-la-palme


Quebec's Environmental Ministry Faces Access to Information Pressure

Source: Radio-Canada
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2132600/ministere-environnement-quebec-acces-information


FT Strategies’ 2025 Predictions for News Publishing and Beyond

Source: FT Strategies
https://www.ftstrategies.com/en-gb/insights/our-2025-predictions-for-news-publishing-and-beyond


AI Aims to Reinvent Journalism and the Media

Source: UP Magazine
https://up-magazine.info/societe/societe-information/131560-quand-lia-veut-reinventer-le-journalisme-et-les-medias/


The New York Times Sues OpenAI: The Future of ChatGPT at Stake

Source: Les News
https://lesnews.ca/intelligence-artificielle/chatgpt/le-new-york-times-poursuit-openai-lavenir-de-chatgpt-en-jeu/


Meta Fires Fact-Checkers Only in the U.S.

Source: Fudzilla
https://www.fudzilla.com/news/60382-meta-is-only-firing-fact-checkers-in-us


Outcry Over Meta CEO’s Incendiary Statements

Source: Le Devoir
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/libre-opinion/833014/libre-opinion-haro-declarations-incendiaires-patron-meta

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The Guardian Sees Surge in U.S. Reader Donations Despite Trump’s Threats

Source: CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/media/guardian-us-reader-donations-revenue-trump?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_kFfW9piw4hTEHMTFkjzcp8MwxEJcOS59Krc4Gk8BLNQ89d9eSlCUGEFD6KRl2hOVD3NFsFLNq_XtNkbmSyywArNrFqg&_hsmi=342520824&utm_content=342520824&utm_source=hs_email


LA Times Sees Subscriber Surge During Wildfire Coverage Despite Removing Paywall

Source: Nieman Lab
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/the-l-a-times-sees-subscriber-bump-during-wildfire-coverage-despite-removing-paywall/?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8CVs3h_Tgql4Hlh9V4V0l8KBXuAqoC1h1rGLzmUGROFUT6HSD7MlXfWk4wvwemCOHWDKy13e90vI1UvLrZguBP0FRy3w&_hsmi=342520824&utm_content=342520824&utm_source=hs_email


Trump Media Threats: A Double-Edged Sword Strategy

Source: New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/business/trump-media-threats.html?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--uQZHYbEcJsfb15ZlZ7YKnQO2njxKvhZTNI1hbXc-JaRUUnyVQkCZKC7INm_nfazF4DR6J8IbpdSGtDKX23uzVeXg_uA&_hsmi=342520824&utm_content=342520824&utm_source=hs_email


Mastodon Shifts to Non-Profit Ownership

Source: The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/13/24342603/mastodon-non-profit-ownership-ceo-eugen-rochko?


Dow Jones Reinvents Its Onboarding Flow to Boost Engagement

Source: INMA
https://www.inma.org/blogs/ideas/post.cfm/dow-jones-reinvents-its-onboarding-flow-to-drive-engagement?


Fox Becomes Mainstream

Source: Axios
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-2baf4900-d227-11ef-8990-85a63a459402.html?chunk=2&utm_term=twsocialshare#story2


Meta, Google the Big Winners from TikTok Ban

Source: Axios
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-2baf4900-d227-11ef-8990-85a63a459402.html?chunk=3&utm_term=twsocialshare#story3


Vermont’s Election Outreach Partnership

Source: Better News
https://betternews.org/election-outreach-partnership-vermont/?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8vm6jNBhfX5YStf2zqEPT5ZlkUoYDN53BbMMt0VbUi_KHxpn-vKPbggAfMtJREU2KuNKGc5LAfnE0X0k10l8kNQyaBvg&_hsmi=342520824&utm_content=342520824&utm_source=hs_email


Majority of News & Sports Audio Consumed via AM/FM Radio

Source: LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/majority-news-sports-audio-consumed-via-amfm-radio-edison-research-pxcme?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via

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