Netflix goes Hollywood
The proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery by Netflix, which would offer a premium catalog (HBO, Warner, DC, CNN) and significant commercial synergies, is reshaping the entertainment landscape while leading to massive debt, strong antitrust concerns and fears for content diversity and film theatrical releases. 82.7 billion dollars. That's the…
Journalism Trust Initiative: the impossible – and undesirable – standardization of the media
Information is not an industrial product. Pluralism cannot be certified. And a private benchmark, which has absolutely nothing to do with an ISO standard, should never be used as an implicit, supposedly objective yardstick in public policies that directly concern freedom of expression. On its website, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)…
Spotify Wrapped 2025: French rap dominates, women break through and K-pop takes off
For Wrapped 2025 in France, Spotify offers a more intimate retrospective -illustrated by an exclusive encounter with Gims - and reveals a listening landscape where rap dominates, French-speaking female artists are on the rise, K-pop is exploding and audiobooks and video podcasts are establishing themselves as the new driving forces.…
While Macron talks, Brussels labels: the great silent reorganization of the media
While Emmanuel Macron is talking about the subject, the European Commission is quietly building a "hybrid ecosystem" - technical standards (C2PA), editorial guidelines (JTI), fact-checking networks and conditional funding - that aims to combat disinformation but risks sorting out the media and threatening pluralism. At a time when Emmanuel Macron…
France: three senators ready to reverse the burden of proof on AI training data
In the wake of the failed dialogue between rights holders and AI developers, three senators are preparing an explosive proposal: introducing a presumption that copyrighted works were used to train AI models. A move that could reshape the balance of power with tech platforms and push the limits of the…
Series Convention: Council of Europe imposes definition of independence despite Brussels
By adopting the Convention on the co-production of series, the Council of Europe has endorsed an ambitious definition of independent production, against the will of the European Commission. A strategic success for independent producers, at a time when discussions are opening on the future revision of the Audiovisual Media Services…
Public broadcasting: a high‑stakes parliamentary inquiry
This coming Thursday, an exceptional parliamentary commission will grill the heads and anchors of public broadcasting, revealing an institutional, financial and editorial tug-of-war between France Télévisions and the powers that be - governance reforms, funding cuts and political pressure - and asking the crucial question: does public service still know…