Owen Huchon
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Google is fundamentally transforming its search engine with AI to simplify users' lives. The result: instant answers, no clicking required. For media outlets, it's a historic shift—and a very real threat.
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We're looking at the strategies media outlets use to keep their investigations alive beyond their initial publication. Also: influencers as information sources, the challenges of digital archiving, and a media outlet accessible only through its schedule.
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The web has amplified journalism's reach tenfold but also weakened its memory. Exposed to technical hazards, political and financial pressures, years of work can vanish without a trace. In this context, archiving becomes an act of resistance.
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As usage patterns diversify, Mediapart, L'Informé and Disclose are finding new ways to engage their audiences: videos, carousels, events… so many channels to extend the impact of an investigation.
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This week, in the 10 links, we look at new information channels. But also: the dilemmas facing media outlets setting up on tech giants' platforms, the role of donations for independents, AIs inventing sources, and our new media agenda.
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Today, in the 10 links, we're focusing first on these Canadian media outlets that were banned by Meta. Also: Tumblr appeals to Gen Z, a new search tool by Disclose, the story of Rue89Lyon and the limits of Substack.
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Banned from Facebook and Instagram in 2023, Canadian independent media outlets developed new formats and forged collaborations to bounce back. While this crisis dealt a significant blow, it also prompted media organizations to reconsider their relationship with these platforms.
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We're talking about initiatives that push back against the influence of tech giants and billionaires. Also: ProPublica deploying a truck to find its sources, AI consuming its own data, the impact of typefaces on our culture, and why it's time to rewild the web.
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This week, in The 10 Links, we're looking into… the 10 links! Also in this edition: Wired is dropping paywalls, orthotypographic style guides as a reflection of editorial identity, Joe Rogan's obsession with the lost city of Atlantis, and interviews with Dua Lipa.
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