Sitemap - 2025 - Newsletter on Digital Media and Journalism

Quebec Minister Hopes His «Discoverability» Bill Will Inspire Other Francophone Nations; Canadian Conservative YouTubers Claim They Were Offered Russian Money

Quebec Court finds Radio-Canada/CBC Made Good Investigation Reporting About Val-d'Or Police Officers; CBS Executives Resign Amid Trump Lawsuit

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

The Chicago Sun-Times Published an AI-Generated Summer Reading List Full of Fake Books — My May 2025 Picks: Media Reflections

CBS News CEO Resigns; Original Sin: The Book Unveiling the Hidden Truth About Joe Biden

Monetizing Personal Struggles on TikTok; “Please, ChatGPT”: Why Are We Polite to AI?

Alexane Drolet Become a YouTube Independent Journalist in Canada; Meta Delays Launch of Its Flagship AI Model

Le Monde Partners with Perplexity to Enhance AI Capabilities; Can Philanthropy Save Journalism?

Free, Ad-Supported TV Gains Momentum in the U.S.; ESPN Explores Local MLB Streaming Deals with Amazon, Netflix, and NBC

Alex Boissonneault of Radio-Canada to Run for Office with the Parti Québécois; Pope Addresses 3,000 Journalists at International Media Gathering

Who Is Most Susceptible to Fake News? The Media Machine and the Coming AI Singularity

Deepfake in Politics Worries Rise in Canada; The new Pope embraces social media in the Vatican’s modern communications push

Federal Elections: Do You Trust the Media in Canada? 52% Say Yes; The Associated Press 2024 Annual Report

The endless battle of fact-checking in the age of misinformation; “60 Minutes” Executive Producer Resigns

Facebook and Instagram Flooded with Disinformation Ahead of Canadian Election; Meta Grants Itself Permission to Use Europeans' Posts to Train AI

Rebel News Under Scrutiny at Leaders' TV Debate in Canada; Google Partially Loses US Advertising Tech Antitrust Case

White House moves to limit newswire access after AP lawsuit win; Green Party excluded from Canada's election TV debates

Canadian Leaders’ TV Debate: Strategists Feared Being Eclipsed by Hockey; When TikTok Becomes Canada’s New Political Town Square

Canadian AI News Law Raises Questions About Compensation; TikTok Influencers Take the Stage in Canada’s Federal Election

YouTube introduces AI-powered music generation assistant; Corus reports $55.9 million loss in second quarter

Pierre Poilievre’s Strange Media Strategy in Canadian elections; Tips for Doing Journalism on Social Media

How News Audiences Feel About AI and Trust in Journalism; La Presse Offer to Quebec’s News Co-ops Is Rejected

A Canadian Election Campaign Without Meta; Who Hates Impartial News?

Facebook Traffic Rebounds — But Publishers Are Wary; Judge Orders White House to Restore The Associated Press Access

The Truth About View Counts; China’s Shadow on Canada’s Electoral Integrity

How to Survive the Bullshit of the MAGA Era; The Web Is Going Audio

TikTok Sale Deadline Delayed Again by the U.S. Government; Mark Carney Promises to Increase Funding for CBC/Radio-Canada

The Canadian Electoral Campaign Brings New Realities for Traditional Media; Google AI presented my April Fools' story as «real news»

Amazon Considering Buying TikTok in the U.S.; Turn Your Phone Into a TV Studio

Best Times to Post on Social Media in 2025; Let’s Not Feed the Trump Algorithm

Rogers renews NHL TV rights in Canada with a 12-year deal; Fake news phishing scams part of interference threats says Election Canada security task force

How AI Can Improve Referencing; Has TV Become Just Background Noise?

My New Weekly Podcast About The Canadian Federal Elections; Friends' Feed Now Back on Facebook

Associated Press Returns to Court Against White House; Facebook Introduces 'Friends Only' Feed Algorithm

The Atlantic publishes U.S. military attack plan leaked by mistake; $75,000 for TV election debate in Canada: «No precedent»

Canadian elections - Mark Carney Says He Is "Not Hiding at All" from TV debate; Charging Canadian Politicians for News Coverage: A Dangerous Precedent?

Canadian elections - Carney forces cancellation of TVA's French debate; The Leaders' Debates set for April 16 and 17

Meta Prepares for Canada's 2025 Federal Election; Google Claims News Is Worthless to Its Ad Business

AI “Slop”: A Brute-Force Attack on Algorithms That Shape Reality; Meta, Book Piracy, and AI: The Battle

Local news coverage in Canada is in steep decline, inviting misinformation; Jason Kenney and Terrie O’Leary appointed to Postmedia board

Canada’s Conservative Party to exclude media from election campaign bus; the disappearance of U.S. public media benefits authoritarian regimes

Bloomberg’s on Audience-First News Product Strategies; TikTok’s sell-off deal nears completion

Departure of Quebecor's Vice President for TV5; Google’s in Trouble, but YouTube Could Change Everything

AI Search Engines Invent Sources for 60% of Queries; MrBeast Makes More Money from Feastables Chocolate than YouTube

5 New AI Tools You'll Actually Want to Try; Fact-Checking as an Act of Courage

Publishers see Apple News as a stable revenue stream amid volatile referral traffic; Google and AI: A fragile alliance with publishers

Fox News Surpasses ABC, CBS, and NBC in Prime-Time; Gaétan Montreuil, Famous News Announcer of Radio-Canada/CBC, Passes Away

U.S. Tariffs and the Reliance on the Newsprint Industry in Canada; Disinformation Undermining Trust in Brazil's Most Used Digital Public Infrastructure

Google May Be Forced to Sell Chrome and Android; Washington Post to Overhaul Newsroom

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Russian Disinformation with ChatGPT; Meta Faces Censorship in China

Foreign Powers Could Use AI in Upcoming Canadian Elections; BBC News Creates AI Department to Personalize Content

U.S. Social Security Workers Aren't Allowed to Read News Stories; Pierre Karl Péladeau of Quebecor Media Wants to Buy Six Regional Dailies

AP and BBC Adapt to AI's Role in Journalism; Tom Llamas Joins NBC Nightly News as Anchor

AP Adds U.S. Reporters to Cover Local News; The Murder of a Journalist in Mexico

Nova Scotia Premier Restores Media Scrums; TikTok Buyout in the U.S.: Reddit Co-founder Joins the Offer

Web Archivists Battle Trumpian Censorship; Who Decides What is Off the Record?

Meta: Facebook and Instagram Strengthen Policy Enforcement and Content Trends; LinkedIn Tests Connections-Only Feed

YouTube Hits One Billion Monthly Podcast Listeners; Profits of C$750 Million at Quebecor Media

Ian Hanomansing's Problem at CBC: 51st State Show Cross the Country; Bezos Limits Op-Eds to Certain Opinions in Washington Post"

Historic $20M donation from Quebecor to Laval University ; HuffPost Announces New Editor

The Role of AI in Newsrooms; Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of NBC Nightly News

Facebook Accounts for 56% of Social Media Threats; In Vermont, a Hyperlocal Social Network Rivals Facebook

A Good Plan for CBC That Turns Out at a Really Bad Timing; Why People Are Turning Away from the News ?

Pascale St-Onge proposes to ban advertising in news programs on CBC; Netflix announces $1 billion investment in Mexico

Greg Gutfeld's Interview and the Rise in Fox News Ratings; Canada’s Pierre Poilievre Proposes Extending Government Subsidies to Right-Wing Media

What's Really Happening on YouTube? Generative AI Is Already Being Used in Journalism:

The New York Times Goes All-In on Internal AI Tools; How a Pakistani Podcast Landed Interviews with Four Prime Ministers

SNL Turns 50; Canada's Poilievre and the Media

Trump at War With Associated Press; The Resilience of Local Journalism in the Digital Age

The New Yorker Celebrates its 100th Anniversary ; Public Funding for CBC:

What Do Digital Audiences Want in 2025?; White House Correspondents Protest Denial of Access of AP Over Gulf of Mexico Naming Issue

BBC Study Reveals AI Assistants Struggle with Providing Accurate Responses; Study Shows Far-Right MPs' Role in Misinformation and Fake News in Britain

Kanye West’s X Account Disabled After Racist Remarks; Kanye West’s X Account Disabled After Racist Remarks

Surviving Trump and the New York Post; AI in the Media: Challenges and Uses in 2025

How Elon Musk Boosted False USAID Conspiracy Theories to Shut Down Global Aid; In the United States, Media Overwhelmed by the Trump Tsunami

Tracking journalism job cuts in 2025; New York Times adds 1 million subscribers

Disney earnings highlight ESPN comeback; Journal de Montréal Front Page on Trump Sparks Reactions Worldwide

Trump's Government Websites Missing Key Pages; The Survival of The Daily Beast

How to engage audiences amid declining social media traffic; Sophie Thibault to Retire from TVA as Top News Anchorwoman in Quebec

How to Save the CBC in Canada; Meta Blocks News in Canada, Scam Ads Fill the Gap

Chuck Todd to Leave NBC News After Years of Service; Quebec’s Six Regional Dailies Could be Taken Over by Montreal’s La Presse

How AI is reshaping copyright law and what it means for the news industry; Plane crash at Reagan Airport and its Media Repercussions

NFL: TV Viewership May Be Dropping, But the Super Bowl Remains a Hot Commodity; How to Reset Your Instagram Algorithm to Improve Your Experience

DeepSeek AI's Privacy Concerns and Its Links to China’s Communist Party; The Fall of Norah O'Donnell and CBS Evening News

Inside a Network of AI-Generated Newsletters Targeting Small-Town America; Selena Gomez Faces Backlash After Video on Deportation

Meta Alters Its Brand Safety and Content Moderation Policies; Fake CBC News Ads Pushed Investment Scheme

Norah O'Donnell Exits CBS Evening News for Major Career Shift; The Iconic Vietnam War Photo Subject in a Controversial New Film

CNN Lays Off Employees 200; AI's Impact on the News Industry

The Future of YouTube Podcasts: Growing Influence for Trump; Hundreds of Subreddits Consider Banning All Links to X

Netflix Posts Record Quarter Thanks to Live Sports; AP Reports a Record Year for Digital Journalism

Prince Harry Takes on Tabloids in Court Battle Against Rupert Murdoch; Study Links Screen Time to Violent Trends in Teenagers

Trump Likely to Grant TikTok a 90-Day Extension;

Google won't add fact checks despite new EU law; TikTok Users Move to Chinese App RedNote, Alarming Beijing’s Censors

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

Instagram Faces Competition from Pixelfed, an Ad-Free Alternative; Two-Thirds of French People Distrust the Media on Current Affairs

China Considers Sale of TikTok US to Musk; Doge-X and the Broligarchy: Elon Musk's Power Game

Google Alerts: A Journey Into the Digital Past; Mark Zuckerberg and Meta's 2025 Vision for a "Reinvented" Trump

Trends and Predictions for Journalism, Media, and Technology in 2025; Trends and Predictions for Journalism, Media, and Technology in 2025

Cogeco Media Appoints Caroline Jamet as President; Mark Zuckerberg Balances Free Speech and Content Moderation

Meta Ends Fact-Checking in the U.S.

Washington Post Cartoonist Resigns; Meta’s AI Profiles Are Indistinguishable from Spam That Floods Facebook