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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

lol at whoever designed this study. Genius.

Lede from the story posted: "more than half of the men surveyed in a new harvard study claimed to recognize AI leaders who were, in fact, totally fictional."

Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

From @niemanreports.org Fox News attacks the media roughly every 15 minutes, our study finds. (CNN? Every 140 minutes.) Full story: www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/fox-...

Bar chart titled “Figure 1: Inter-Journalism Disparagement Per 1,000 Words.” It compares how often three US cable news networks disparage other journalists. Fox has the highest rate at 0.415 instances per 1,000 words, about once every 14.5 minutes. MSNBC follows at 0.098, about once every 61 minutes, and CNN has the lowest rate at 0.043, about once every 140 minutes. Fox’s rate is roughly four times MSNBC’s and nearly ten times CNN’s. A note says 1,000 words equals 6 minutes of airtime. (Generated with AI)

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And it'll take many, many years to rebuild.

Screenshot of the story: “It’s always two steps forward, one step back, but this time it feels like two steps back,” says Gloria Calderón Kellett, creator of the Prime Video series With Love. “It feels like four steps back, if I’m honest.”

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just shipped a tiny new label that shows which other journalists use a platform that supports Bundle Passes, Ghost, Beehiiv, or Steady.

Card of @tubetalkmedia in the new Collaborators tab. It shows a small label that reads 'Bundle Pass compatible' with the icon of the publishing platform Beehiiv.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

No no this was intentional to show that I'm handcrafting every email instead of using AI. (Sent this to everyone using @trustfnd.com. Everyone, you're welcome.)

Looking forward to seeing you!

Michaël

Michaël

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Watching the evening news in Germany. This group reports of their discussions how one might achieve a "colorful and diverse Saxony-Anhalt." Oh my.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Lots of people at the vigil for the people injured and killed by homophobes at CSD last night.

Photo of the crowd with Brandenburg Gate in the background.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Greg respects my wishes completely. (Gen AI really empowers the worst people.)

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Eine unterdiskutierte Stärke von Bundle Passes: Weniger Risiko, um neuen Journalismus zu entdecken. Sie laufen automatisch ab, was Verkäufe Experimenten signifikant ankurbeln kann.

The auto-renewing version aimed at maximising retention, which it did, but it also cut initial take-up by 35% and left the publisher with 23% fewer subscribers over the following two years.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I know you all care about media literacy, so I say this with love: Everything about this story you're all sharing is a red flag.

A screenshot from the app Sill that says "Bosses Horrified as 'AI Native' College Graduates Hit the Workplace" Shared by 21 accounts

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

One stat I watch when journalists run @trustfnd.com bundles is the full bundle rate. That's the share of people who are new to *all* publications in a bundle. I love the high numbers here. They mean that you're not just sharing audience, you're actually growing it for everybody.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Love logging on to @sill.social to see that my network is tastefully but persistently sharing the Feminist Bundle. Get three months of all access to original reporting and analysis from @theflytrapmedia.com, @autonomynews.co, and @mothership.blog in a tidy bundle. trustfnd.com/collaboratio...

A sill.social link card for a Trustfnd 'Feminist Bundle.' The card header reads 'trustfnd' with the tagline 'Fund more creators you trust.' The title 'Feminist Bundle' appears above '3 collaborators,' shown as three circular creator logos. A maroon 'Get Bundle Pass' button sits below. Beneath the card, a Trustfnd link preview titled 'Trustfnd | Feminist Bundle' reads '3 creators collaborating,' followed by share, copy, bookmark, open, and mute icons. A yellow pill at the bottom reads 'Shared by 11 accounts' with overlapping account avatars.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I love this graph from the latest Reuters News Report. It shows the very different jobs Search and AI search for information and social media do for news consumers. Social media is *the better news app*, giving you the information you're interested in and maybe go deeper.

Bar chart titled "Proportion who say they have clicked through to the original news source for each reason in the last week," broken down by platform (AI chatbot, search engine, social or video network) across selected markets. For "I wanted more detail about the news," clickthrough was 51% via AI chatbot, 59% via search engine, and 60% via social/video. For "I wanted to verify that the news was correct," the pattern reverses: 44% AI chatbot, 36% search engine, 33% social/video. For "I wanted to find out more about the news source," again 43% AI chatbot, 35% search engine, 34% social/video. Source: Reuters Institute / University of Oxford Digital News Report 2026.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Whew, CBS' Scott Pelley isn't thrilled about the latest changes to 60 minutes. Full story here: www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...

Excerpt of a Guardian article: “She’s murdering 60 Minutes,” Pelley said, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. “She does not love this place. She was brought in to kill it and is doing exactly that.”

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Swifties will be waiting in front of that institution 15 years from now

“BBC Breaking News
Austrian man jailed for 15 years over plot to attack Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024
now”

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Shooting at Graefekiez in Berlin. We were sat on the terrace at a local restaurant when we heard what turned out to be a first set of gunshots. The second set was super close and everyone jumped up and ran inside. What we only saw later: one bullet hit the car two meters from our tables.

Back of a black car with a bullet hole in it.

Crossing of Urban and Graefestraße, with an ambulance and cops

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Back from a day at #republica26 and only thinking: If we invested all that money that we invest in consultants into building journalism products.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🙌🏻 Trustfnd has partnered with @surf.social so every bundle you create can get a shared content feed, too. Check out the Local Garbage Fire Feed by @davejorgenson.bsky.social, @kattenbarge.bsky.social, and @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social. surf.social/feed/surf%2F...

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Karen Hao 😍 HMU if you’re also at #republica26

A stage with Karen Hao speaking with a slide reading “Opening Keynote: How Silicon Valley is Reshaping the World — via AI”

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Stat #3: 80% That's the share of people who were new to all three publications in the bundle. This means, these journalists didn't just share audience, they found all-new people happy to pay for journalism together. And got paid in the process.

Me looking perfect and sane, with some text that says 'price, one purchase, and then time-limited access'

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Stat #2: 30% After 30 days, the Bundle Pass expired. All journalists could then offer Bundle Pass holders an upgrade into their individual subscription. And for one of them, @katelynburns.com, 30% got an annual subscription! That's huge (tbf Katelyn is also a master journalism marketer.)

Me looking perfect and sane, with text saying "Bundle Pass holders took that offer."

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Anyone interested in the stats of the first ever Bundle Pass? Here they are. Along with the most perfect stills from the video Bluesky won't let me upload. I look perfect and sane in each, for your entertainment. Let's start with Stat #1: 1900+

Me looking perfect and sane in front of a screenshot of the first ever Bundle Pass, called 'Indie Media Bundle'

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Do fewer things better. Forever truth for publishers. The shift isn't easy, but doable. Well done, Axios!

"Axios' total Q1 content output was down 22% YoY, but page views rose 30% and page views per visitor rose 22%, as the outlet shifts away from chasing traffic"

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Phew. I was getting worried that AI ownership was in just too large a number of hands.

FT screenshot:

“Google to invest up to $40bn in
Anthropic
Search giant increases its financial backing to help the Al lab add computing power to run its models”

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It appears they do. I'm not the CPJ, but I have no reason to distrust or dismiss their data. They have been doing crucial work and I believe it's the best data available. So... Unsure what your point is apart from trying to sow doubt about who's responsible for a historic atrocity.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Because both Lex and Lucy know their stuff, the bundle is really smartly put together. It's time limited, creating some urgency, and the earlier you get it after launch the better the deal. Love to see folks experimenting with what @trustfnd.com allows them to do.

What happens when two business publications run a subscriber drive together?
The experiment. For five days only, you can join both of our memberships at a rare, time-based discount

May 12-13: 50% off both memberships
May 14-15: 30% off both memberships
May 16: 20% off off both memberships

(Yes, it gets worse as the week goes on, on purpose. Act fast!)

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I posted this before I googled. I googled and I was right.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

damn about to be cancelled / arrested

a post on bluesky from me that includes 'discover follower overlap of bluesky accounts'

a post on bluesky by @byarielm.fyi: "bsky account" is official illegal imo that's some corporate exlusionary vibes. you can mention bsky handle somewhere but that can't be the main thing.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

OK one more, if I can be sincere for a hot second: It's a weird feeling when you read your hopes, dreams, visions printed on a site that lots of smarter-than-you peers read. Especially in an industry that can be snarky and unforgiving of failure. But that's also the fun of it?

“Our longer term vision is to enable independent entities to move like one when that is useful,” He continued. “So they can grow, earn, and spend money together. Like a new kind of news organization.”

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

So, @niemanlab.org just covered our little startup and I won't stop talking about it because I'm obviously a huge nieman lab fan. I tried to come across as a sane and highly strategic person. I think I nailed it.

And, he said, “I had some money on the side because I got fired from a fancy tech job by a lunatic who hates journalism [Jarjour left Twitter in February 2023, five months after Elon Musk took over]. So I wanted to build something I believe will make journalism stronger against even its worst enemies.”

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

So Brian Stelter just covered @trustfnd.com in his CNN newsletter. Bundles, he writes feel like “something we’re gonna see more of.” Yup. Get in on the action at Trustfnd.com

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Oh aren't we all every day for a little over a decade now

A screenshot from a NYT article with the text "she widened her eyes and appeared to take a deep breath" highlighted

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I'm morally offended by the concept but also: Smash.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The New York Times built Hot or Not. Built Smash or Pass.

A screenshot of a NYT game showing Rose Byrne on the Oscars red carpet, with two buttons below "Yay!" and "Nay!"

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

It's the *only* link in bio that (i) is designed for journalists, (ii) has free to use sign-up-forms, that (iii) turn collaborative at the switch of a toggle.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Ooops, I think we accidentally shipped a free link in bio that actually converts... @trustfnd.com is all about collaborative growth, but our built-in link in bio works great solo: Journalist @isabelleroughol.com got a third of her subscribers through it after going viral on Instagram.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Look at this glorious map! The right doesn't always win. Swiss people delivered a decisive NO to yet another effort to destroy publicly funded journalism. 62% said no. Some* would call this a mandate for a high quality, diverse information ecosystem. *me

A map of Switzerland, with all cantons shown in different shades of red.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

You should meet more of the amazing journalists already collaborating on @trustfnd.com, so let me introduce you. Starting with one of my favorite people: @katelynburns.com

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I hope Mark Thompson quits if this deal happens. This would absolutely destroy his legacy.

"Netflix walks away from a deal to buy WBD's studio and streaming assets after WBD deemed Paramount's $31/share bid to be superior; NFLX jumps 8%+ after hours"

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

FT, BBC, and more outlets are banding together so journalism doesn't get stolen by AI companies. This is a great initiative [GIFT ARTICLE]: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

"Five of the UK’s leading news organisations, including the BBC, the FT and Sky News, have drawn up plans for a coalition aimed at preventing AI tools from exploiting their journalism without permission."

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Thompson Reuters Foundation is cutting its journalists to do more AI consultancy. One of the more surprising ways of AI changing journalism.

The investors in our network have expressed alarm at the blatant governance gaps in how businesses are adopting AI, exposing a greater need for transparency and data. Companies have asked for actionable insights to help them implement AI technology across their operations, services and products, mitigating potential harm to business, people and planet., media and technology trends and predictions 2026.

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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Independent journalists, bundle your power. We just went live with @trustfnd.com. Now you can bundle your newsletters and multiply each other's growth—all while staying independent. Sign up for free at trustfnd.com

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