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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of November 6, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
November 6, 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:
- CJR | How AI Browsers Sneak Past Blockers and Paywalls (4 min read)
- Bloomberg | Box-Office Duds Are Becoming Streaming Hits (7 min read)
- NiemanLab | Hundreds of thousands of videos from news publishers like The New York Times and Vox were used to train AI models (11 min read)
- The New York Times | White House Limits Reporters’ Access to Press Secretary’s Office (4 min read)
- The Atlantic | The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers (10 min read)
- Nieman Lab | Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests (6 min read)
- Follow the Money | How Google fooled Brussels: the tech giant’s playbook exposed (11 min read)
- The Financial Times | It’s time to build the intention economy online (4 min read)