Archive - Your Media Scan

Bezos’s Trump dinner deepens the Washington Post backlash; Distrust rises as news consumption becomes more platform-driven

Also : The BBC sinks deeper into scandal, lawsuits, and cuts

Jun 20 • Patrick White

AFP news agency launches MediaGen, its generative AI project for the media; How to prepare for the next era of information discoverability

Also : The best TV series of 2026 so far

Jun 19 • Patrick White

USA Today’s World Cup Strategy to Beat AI Overviews; What the 2026 Digital News Report Means for News Apps

Also : Le Monde Blocked the Bots. Now It Must Manage AI Agents as Readers

Jun 18 • Patrick White

Reuters study highlights falling trust in the media

Also : Mapping publisher value in the AI marketplace

Jun 17 • Patrick White

Social media and video platforms now dominate news market: Reuters Institute study

Also : Publishers want to bill AI firms for unauthorized scraping

Jun 16 • Patrick White

Google’s GEO indexing push could punish publishers; Bots are now the audience, and that changes everything

Also : Fox is reportedly eyeing Roku in a $2.2 billion deal

Jun 15 • Patrick White

RSF bypasses censorship; Social media groups fuel disinformation in UK news deserts

Also : LinkedIn is becoming the new playground for influencers (paid section)

Jun 13 • Patrick White

Court’s removal of a liability shield for AI Overviews could have major implications; Can AI afford to kill journalism?

Also : Social media age verification in Canada could create serious problems

Jun 12 • Patrick White

Using AI for news may reduce perceived accuracy; New tollbooths emerge in the AI content licensing market

Also : Passive news consumption is on the rise; Prisa Media retools El Pais’s subscription model

Jun 11 • Patrick White

Threats against politicians surge after Meta loosens its speech rules; Independent media in Chile confronts the challenge of funding

Also : Canada moves toward banning social media for under-16s (paid section)

Jun 10 • Patrick White

After Instagram, a new generation of social apps; Meta tested an AI-generated news feed

Also : Is artificial intelligence threatening elections?

Jun 9 • Patrick White

No Room for Two Private General-Interest TV Networks in Quebec; Trump Walks Out of a NBC Interview

Back from holidays!

Jun 8 • Patrick White