The more than 54% of French people say they are “tired” of the news. Global ad spending expected to grow 9.5% in 2024 . The GroupM says. The Reuters reports In 2024. The nearly 30% of journalists killed on assignment were in the Gaza Strip. The according to the 2024 report by Reporters Without Borders. CHART OF THE WEEK Nearly three-quarters of American teens visit YouTube daily. The while about 6 in 10 say the same about TikTok Source: Pew Research Center OUR BEST READS / WORTH YOUR TIME / LONG READ What if free speech meant banning TikTok? ( Atlantic ) Luigi Mangione’s Full Story Is Not Online ( NY Mag ) Is This the Year Everyone Quits Social Media? ( Wired ) “The time when they filmed themselves alone in their room is over”: the all-out professionalization of content creators ( Le Figaro ) DISRUPTION.
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GLOBALIZATION Creators on OnlyFans are using AI teacher database impersonators to antitrust complaint manage their private messages ( Wired ) Chatbot ‘encouraged teenager to kill parents over screen time limits’ ( BBC ) Meta Donates $1 Million to Trump Inauguration Fund ( New York Times ) Amazon donates $1 million to Trump inauguration fund. The will stream event on Prime Video ( Reuters ) Melinda French Gates invests millions in women in AI ( Axios ) Mexico uses AI-powered app to prevent suicides ( Rest of World ) YouTube. The the next big distribution platform for broadcasters? ITV joins the club ( Advanced Television ) The Internet’s Obsession With Luigi Mangione Heralds a Major Change ( Wired ) DATA.
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The DISINFORMATION Romania’s election cancellation a lesson in social antitrust complaint media manipulation ( Financial Times ) Grok-2 Arrives With Generations of Images — Is the World Ready? ( VentureBeat ) LEGISLATION. The REGULATIONS EU Investigates Google’s Ad Targeting at Teens ( Wall Street Journal ) TikTok set bahrain phone resource to be banned in US after appeal rejected ( BBC ) TikTok Asks Court to Temporarily Freeze ‘Sale or Ban’ Law ( New York Times ) Meta must face antitrust complaint from shuttered photo app. The U.S. Theppeals court rules ( Reuters ) TikTok challenges Canadian subsidiary shutdown order in court ( Bloomberg ) JOURNALISM Taylor Lorenz and Vox split ( Semafor ) The Free Press hires editor as part of expansion ( Axios ) Wired UK to move to quarterly publication.
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be locat. The capable of offering journalists real stability. The far telegram database from the antitrust complaint incessant migrations impos by strategic reversals and changes of ownership? A crucial question at a time when the reliability of platforms is becoming essential for the future of information… THIS WEEK IN FRANCE Emmanuel Macron invites Donald Trump and Elon Musk to the “AI summit” in France ( Les Echos ) “Ouest-France” announces suspension of its publications on the social network X ( Le Monde ) Massive data theft: Free wants to flush out its pirate via Telegram ( Les Echos ) “Le Point” victim of a data leak ( Le Monde ) The government wants to sell the magazine 60 million consumers.