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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of September 25, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
September 25, 2025 | Curated by Michelle Manafy, Editorial Director – DCNConnect on
Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:
- Axios | FCC commissioner criticizes administration for “weaponizing” agency’s authority (1 min read)
- The New York Times | U.S. Asks Judge to Break Up Google’s Advertising Technology Monopoly (4 min read)
- Digiday | Remedies vs reality: Publishers weigh what Google’s ad tech break up could really deliver (8 min read)
- Variety | Trump Rages at Jimmy Kimmel and ABC as Late-Night Show Returns: ‘A True Bunch of Losers!’ (4 min read)
- The Hollywood Reporter | America’s Most Trusted News Stars in the Trump Era Are … (8 min read)
- Bloomberg | Breakup of Google Ad Tech Monopoly on the Table in Remedy Trial (5 min read)
- NiemanLab | Jimmy Kimmel may be back, but TV networks are more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before (6 min read)
- The New Republic | Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse Than You Think It Is (5 min read)
- The New Yorker | The A.I. Bubble Is Coming for Your Browser (7 min read)