White House moves to limit newswire access after AP lawsuit win; Green Party excluded from Canada's election TV debates
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Le Devoir
Green Party excluded from leaders’ debates
🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/868279/parti-vert-ecarte-debats-chefs
Journal de Montréal
The organization behind the leaders’ debates costs nearly $2 million a year
🔗 https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/04/16/lobscur-organisme-qui-organise-les-debats-des-chefs-coute-pres-de-deux-millions-de-dollars-par-annee
Bloomberg
White House moves to limit newswire access after AP lawsuit win
🔗 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/white-house-moves-to-limit-newswire-access-after-ap-lawsuit-win
Le Monde
Germaine Kanova: A war and celebrity photographer with an extraordinary life
🔗 https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2025/04/16/germaine-kanova-une-photographe-de-guerre-et-de-stars-au-destin-hors-du-commun_6596603_4500055.html
Ozap
Using AI, Prisma Media clones a journalist to speed up video production in France
🔗 https://www.ozap.com/actu/avec-lia-prisma-media-voici-tele-loisirs-travaille-sur-le-clonage-numerique-dune-journaliste-de-capital-pour-realiser-des-videos-pour-gagner-du-temps/649565
Reporters Without Borders
Coalition calls on US Congress to protect press freedom and media independence
🔗 https://rsf.org/fr/coalition-pour-la-libert%C3%A9-de-la-presse-le-congr%C3%A8s-des-%C3%A9tats-unis-doit-prot%C3%A9ger-l-ind%C3%A9pendance-de-l
The Wall Street Journal
Zuckerberg in talks with FTC over Meta antitrust case
🔗 https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/mark-zuckerberg-meta-antitrust-ftc-negotiations-a53b3382
Nieman Lab
Thomson Reuters drops diversity language after Trump executive order
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/reuters-is-the-latest-media-company-to-drop-diversity-language-in-response-to-trump-executive-order
Financial Times
Media companies face investor pressure to boost profitability
🔗 https://www.ft.com/content/4439712e-5de0-496a-b3b6-b865844190f6
Radio France – Mouv’
Internet culture podcast – April 16, 2025 : YouTube, deepfakes and propaganda
🔗 https://www.radiofrance.fr/mouv/podcasts/culture-internet/culture-internet-du-mercredi-16-avril-2025-6908591
Francopresse
Federal election poses existential threat to francophone media outlets
🔗 https://francopresse.ca/francophonie/2025/04/15/election-federale-un-risque-de-cle-sous-la-porte-pour-des-medias
Quartz
Zuckerberg’s role in Meta antitrust trial over WhatsApp and Instagram
🔗 https://qz.com/meta-ftc-antitrust-trial-zuckerberg-whatsapp-instagram-1851776249
Poynter
What news readers want from AI
🔗 https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2025/want-news-readers-want-ai
Hussman School of Journalism – UNC
Ask a Professor: Marisa Porto on AI in the newsroom
🔗 https://hussman.unc.edu/news/ask-a-professor-marisa-porto-on-ai-in-the-newsroom
Science News
AI experts target the fight against climate misinformation
🔗 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-misinformation-ai-experts
Reuters
OpenAI is working on an “X-like” social media platform
🔗 https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-working-x-like-social-media-platform-verge-reports-2025-04-15
404 Media
How US border agents use AI tools to scan social media
🔗 https://www.404media.co/the-ai-tools-cbp-is-using-to-scan-social-media
Mon Carnet
How Google blocked over 5 billion ads in 2024
🔗 https://moncarnet.blog/2025/04/16/comment-google-a-bloque-plus-de-5-milliards-dannonces-en-2024
The Information
Google’s AI future for search
🔗 https://www.theinformation.com/articles/googles-search-ai-future
Mon Carnet
AI in newsrooms: from an option to a strategic necessity
🔗 https://moncarnet.blog/2025/04/16/lia-dans-les-salles-de-redaction-de-loption-a-la-necessite-strategique
Digiday
Publicis CEO: advertisers are cautious, not panicked, about the economy
🔗 https://digiday.com/marketing/publicis-group-ceo-says-advertisers-are-pacing-not-panicking
Laval University Press
Book release: Radio in the audio universe
🔗 https://www.pulaval.com/livres/la-radio-dans-l-univers-audio
Urbania
TV icons dive into the wild west of podcasting
🔗 https://urbania.ca/article/les-icones-de-la-tele-au-far-west-du-balado
La Presse
Radio-Canada’s old Montreal tower will be stripped… then re-clothed
🔗 https://lp.ca/vIBlek?sharing=true
The New York Times
Trump’s budget would eliminate funding for NPR and PBS
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/business/media/trump-npr-pbs-funding.html
Columbia Journalism Review
Q&A with Alec Karakatsanis on “copaganda” in the media
🔗 https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/qa_alec_karakatsanis_copaganda.php
Paul Wells on Substack
Election Week 4: It’s a jungle online
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MNTD
The rise of individual media benefits platforms most of all
🔗 https://www.mntd.fr/vimeo-substack-lavenement-des-medias-individuels-sert-surtout-les-plateformes
Los Angeles Times
Judge rules Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems
🔗 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-04-09/newsmax-defamed-dominion-voting-systems-judge-says
SAGE Journals
The strategic logic of misinformation in international relations
🔗 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00220027221128307
Nieman Lab
The Houston Landing raised $20M pre-launch — now it’s shutting down
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/the-houston-landing-raised-20-million-pre-launch-less-than-two-years-later-its-shutting-down
Le Devoir
“The Pleb”: The YouTuber conservatives are rallying behind — joking about fake polls, seriously
🔗 https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/868147/rencontre-the-pleb-youtubeur-champion-conservateurs
UK Data Service
Dataset: News exposure, attitudes, and trust in British media (REShare)
🔗 https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/857742
The Verge
Google rolls out search.com globally as a cleaner alternative to google.com
🔗 https://www.theverge.com/news/649160/google-search-com-globally
Le Monde – Pixels
“Cash Investigation” and two French journalists targeted by pro-China cyberharassment
🔗 https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2025/04/14/cash-investigation-et-deux-journalistes-francaises-visees-par-une-vague-de-cyberharcelement-prochinoise-apres-une-enquete-sur-decathlon_6595837_4408996.html
The Guardian
“Silicon Six” accused of dodging $278 billion in US taxes over 10 years
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
Axios
AP reporter allowed back into White House event after exclusion
🔗 https://www.axios.com/2025/04/15/ap-reporter-allowed-into-white-house-event
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