Threads Nearing X’s Daily User Count; Inside the Media’s Traffic Apocalypse

Your daily press recap

🔬 Science & Research

The World of Scientific Journals on the Brink of Asphyxiation
Le Monde
🔗 https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2025/07/07/le-monde-des-revues-scientifiques-au-bord-de-l-asphyxie_6619660_1650684.html

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📈 Media & News Industry

Inside the Media’s Traffic Apocalypse
New York Magazine (Intelligencer)
🔗 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/inside-the-medias-traffic-apocalypse.html

At Couthures, Journalism Is Debated and Reinvented in France
La Lettre Pro
🔗 https://www.lalettre.pro/A-Couthures-le-journalisme-se-debat-et-s-experimente_a38411.html

Can a Journalist Write Fiction to Better Tell the Truth?
La Revue des Médias (INA)
🔗 https://larevuedesmedias.ina.fr/un-journaliste-peut-il-ecrire-une-fiction-pour-mieux-raconter-la-realite

Fake News: The Internet’s Biggest Liar Speaks Out
La Revue des Médias (INA)
🔗 https://larevuedesmedias.ina.fr/fake-news-le-plus-grand-menteur-dinternet-se-confie

Media Coverage of the Devastating Texas Floods
Poynter
🔗 https://www.poynter.org/newsletters/2025/media-coverage-of-the-devastating-texas-floods/

A Small Book to Save Journalism from Billionaires’ Grip
RFI – Atelier des médias
🔗 https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/atelier-des-m%C3%A9dias/20250628-un-petit-livre-pour-sauver-l-information-de-l-emprise-des-milliardaires

10 European Media Outlets, Including AFP, Launch AI-Powered News Platform
Ojim.fr
🔗 https://www.ojim.fr/chateurope-10-medias-europeens-dont-lafp-lancent-une-plateforme-dinformation-boostee-a-lia/

After US Strikes on Iran, Misleading Content Spreads Fast—Here’s How to Spot It
IJNet (International Journalists' Network)
🔗 https://ijnet.org/en/story/after-us-strikes-iran-misleading-content-spread-quickly-social-media-here%E2%80%99s-how-detect-what%E2%80%99s

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🤖 AI & Tech

The Impact of Generative AI on US Publishers
Similarweb
🔗 https://www.similarweb.com/corp/reports/the-impact-of-generative-ai-publishers-us/

10 European Media Outlets, Including AFP, Launch AI-Powered News Platform
Ojim.fr
🔗 https://www.ojim.fr/chateurope-10-medias-europeens-dont-lafp-lancent-une-plateforme-dinformation-boostee-a-lia/

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📱 Social Media & Platforms

Threads Nearing X’s Daily User Count, New Data Shows
TechCrunch
🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/threads-is-nearing-xs-daily-app-users-new-data-shows/

TikTok Is Reportedly Developing a US-Only Version of the App
Social Media Today
🔗 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-us-only-version-sell-off-china/752285/