TVA Group warns: The future of private broadcasting is at stake in Canada

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📰 Media & Journalism

TVA Group warns: The future of private broadcasting is at stake : 30 layoffs
Source: Québecor
🔗 https://www.quebecor.com/fr/-/groupe-tva-la-p-c3-a9rennit-c3-a9-d-un-diffuseur-priv-c3-a9-est-en-jeu

newsrooms

A fictional summer reading list reveals AI’s threat to journalism
Source: UnHerd
🔗 https://unherd.com/fr/newsroom/une-liste-de-lecture-dete-fictive-expose-la-menace-de-lia-pour-le-journalisme/

CRTC rethinks Canadian content to emphasize cultural value
Source: Radio-Canada
🔗 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2166382/crtc-definition-contenu-canadien-element-culturel

Google officially buries traditional web search in favor of AI
Source: Numerama
🔗 https://www.numerama.com/tech/1973859-cest-fait-google-vient-denterrer-la-recherche-sur-le-web.html

Reporting in the machine age: what safeguards remain?
Source: ActuaLitté
🔗 https://actualitte.com/article/123960/rencontres-dedicaces/informer-a-l-heure-des-machines-quels-garde-fous

YouTube adds quiz stickers to Shorts and expands audio replies
Source: Social Media Today
🔗 https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/youtube-adds-shorts-quiz-sticker-expands-audio-replies/748677/

Newspapers print fake AI-generated book lists for summer
Source: Nieman Lab
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/you-wont-find-these-on-the-shelf-newspapers-print-an-ai-generated-reading-list-with-fake-books/

Google's top emissary to the news business is stepping down
Source: Nieman Lab
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/googles-chief-emissary-to-the-news-business-is-stepping-down-and-looking-back/

We say to be informed is to be free — but is that still true?
Source: Le Devoir
🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/881926/idees-on-dit-etre-informe-c-est-etre-libre-mais-est-ce-toujours-cas

Charlie Hebdo survivor Coco finds hope in nature and biodiversity
Source: Le Devoir
🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/medias/881905/caricaturiste-coco-rencontre-caribou-montagnard

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🎭 Culture & Entertainment

Seven exceptional figures to receive honorary doctorates
Source: Université Laval
🔗 https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca/2025/05/20/sept-figures-exceptionnelles-recevront-un-doctorat-honorifique-84dff396-79a9-4766-8062-044f16f619e1

Patrice Robitaille stars in new daily crime series on Radio-Canada
Source: Radio-Canada
🔗 https://presse.radio-canada.ca/television/13969/antigang-patrice-robitaille-en-vedette-dans-la-nouvelle-serie-quotidienne-de-radio-canada/

Gemini Awards adopt a Gala Artis-style vibe in Quebec
Source: Le Soleil
🔗 https://www.lesoleil.com/arts/richard-therrien/2025/05/20/des-gemeaux-aux-airs-de-gala-artis-5PKDR5ST35E55J44JVMP7OQQ7I/

P-A Méthot leaves FM 93 in Quebec City — here’s why
Source: FM93
🔗 https://www.fm93.com/nouvelles/700064/p-a-methot-quittera-le-fm93-il-nous-explique-les-raisons-de-son-depart

Netflix teams up with Sesame Street for new educational content
Source: Axios
🔗 https://www.axios.com/2025/05/19/netflix-sesame-street

New media company ATM officially launches
Source: Axios
🔗 https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/new-media-company-atm-launch

Broadway expands its reach into streaming
Source: Axios
🔗 https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/broadway-tv-streaming

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🌐 Technology & AI

Google unveils Astra: a universal AI assistant
Source: The Verge
🔗 https://www.theverge.com/google-io/670386/google-astra-universal-ai-assistant-prototype-io-2025

Google wants AI to become invisible by embedding it in everything
Source: MIT Technology Review
🔗 https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/21/1117251/by-putting-ai-into-everything-google-wants-to-make-it-invisible/

Google’s I/O 2025 reveals the company’s AI-powered future
Source: Mon Carnet
🔗 https://moncarnet.com/2025/05/20/i-o-2025-google-devoile-son-futur-ia/

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🌍 Politics & Society

Three political lessons from Alex Boissonneault’s entry into politics in Quebec
Source: Journal de Montréal
🔗 https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/05/21/trois-lecons-a-tirer-de-larrivee-dalex-boissonneault-en-politique

Outrage after euthanasia comments on mental health and autism on Montreal Radio Station
Source: Journal de Montréal
🔗 https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/05/20/mere-de-deux-garcons-autistes-guylaine-guay-dans-tous-ses-etats-apres-des-commentaires-de-nathalie-normandeau-et-luc-ferrandez-sur-leuthanasie-chez-les-cas-lourds-en-sante-mentale