Trump ends trade talks with Canada because of digital tax

Your Saturday press recap

📉 Politics, International Affairs & Economy

Trump ends trade talks with Canada because of digital tax
Source: NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-terminates-ends-canada-trade-talks-tariffs-rcna215608

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Brazil’s Supreme Court tightens regulation of social media
Source: Le Figaro
https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/bresil-la-cour-supreme-durcit-la-regulation-des-reseaux-sociaux-20250627

Trump threatens CNN and New York Times with lawsuits over Iran intel coverage
Source: CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/media/trump-threatens-cnn-new-york-times-lawsuits-iran-intel-assessment

Trump, Bezos and the battle over press freedom
Source: The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-bezos-washington-post-press-freedom-amazon/

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🧠 Artificial Intelligence & Technology

Meta hires key OpenAI researcher to work on AI reasoning models
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/26/meta-hires-key-openai-researcher-to-work-on-ai-reasoning-models/

Google launches “offerwall” to help publishers offset AI-induced traffic loss
Source: TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/26/as-ai-kills-search-traffic-google-launches-offerwall-to-boost-publisher-revenue/

What’s really behind the drop in search traffic to news sites?
Source: INMA
https://www.inma.org/blogs/product-initiative/post.cfm/what-s-really-behind-the-drop-in-search-traffic-to-news-sites

How AI is quietly becoming journalists’ best friend
Source: Ojim.fr
https://www.ojim.fr/ils-lutilisent-parfois-en-douce-comment-lia-devient-peu-a-peu-la-meilleure-amie-des-journalistes

Can AI tools meet journalistic standards?
Source: Columbia Journalism Review
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/can-ai-tools-meet-journalistic-standards.php

Fighting disinformation in the age of AI
Source: Réalités Magazine
https://realites.com.tn/fr/reglementation-education-debunking-comment-lutter-contre-la-desinformation-a-lere-de-lia/

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📰 Journalism, Media & Disinformation

Fact-checking in Canada is declining, data suggests
Source: Pieuvre.ca
https://www.pieuvre.ca/2025/06/26/societe-medias-verification-faits-canada-statistique/

Quebec Press Council rebukes columnist Joseph Facal over reliability issues
Source: Le Devoir
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/medias/895057/conseil-presse-blame-chroniqueur-joseph-facal-manque-fiabilite-informations

TikTok: The sophist’s toy
Source: La Presse
https://www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opinions/2025-06-27/tiktok-le-hochet-des-sophistes.php

Fox reporter targeted by Pete Hegseth — and journalists came to her defense
Source: Poynter
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/pete-hegseth-attacks-fox-reporter-journalists-respond/

Few Americans pay for news when they hit a paywall
Source: Pew Research Center
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/24/few-americans-pay-for-news-when-they-encounter-paywalls/

Washington Post launches new reader annotations and comments system
Source: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/business/washington-post-annotations-comments.html

Misinformation nearly convinced Alberta town to abandon climate program
Source: National Observer
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/27/news/misinformation-kiclei-almost-convinces-alberta-town-abandon-climate-program

Media Matters sues FTC over allegedly retaliatory investigation
Source: Politico
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/23/media-matters-sues-ftc-over-retaliatory-investigation-00419902

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📱 Social Platforms & Digital Formats

How long do Instagram posts really last?
Source: Mon Carnet
https://moncarnet.com/2025/06/27/instagram-combien-de-temps-vivent-vraiment-vos-publications/

Instagram and TikTok want a spot in your living room
Source: Mon Carnet
https://moncarnet.com/2025/06/26/instagram-et-tiktok-veulent-leur-place-dans-votre-salon/

X bans hashtags in promoted posts
Source: Social Media Today
https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-formerly-twitter-bans-hashtags-from-promoted-posts-ads/751782/

TikTok’s news push is reshaping media strategies
Source: Axios
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/24/scoop-tiktok-s-news-push-media-trends

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🎥 Video & Content Production

Do videos really perform better than static content on Facebook?
Source: Isarta
https://isarta.com/infos/les-videos-performent-elles-vraiment-mieux-que-les-contenus-statiques-sur-facebook/

How newsrooms can benefit from the new golden age of video
Source: IJNet
https://ijnet.org/fr/story/comment-les-r%C3%A9dactions-peuvent-tirer-parti-du-nouvel-%C3%A2ge-d%E2%80%99or-de-la-vid%C3%A9o

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💰 Media & Personal Finance

Rob Carrick publishes his final retirement newsletter
Source: The Globe and Mail
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-rob-carrick-final-newsletter-retirement/