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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of June 18, 2026
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
June 18, 2026 | Curated by Michelle Manafy, Editorial Director – DCNConnect on
Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:
- Press Gazette | Publishers to bill AI firms for unwanted scraping – and take them to court if they don’t pay (5 min read)
- The Guardian | UK social media ban ‘likely to cause £1.3bn drop’ in digital advertising spend (3 min read)
- NiemanLab | News sites are the new newspapers: People are abandoning them for social media (13 min read)
- Reuters | UK orders Google to improve search transparency to boost competition (2 min read)
- Mediabistro | AI Search and Digital Strategy Roles Signal a New Era in Media Hiring (3 min read)
- Hollywood Reporter | Hollywood Diversity Report: Streaming Films Have Abandoned Women and People of Color (2 min read)
- CNBC | How Roku fits into Fox‘s future — and what investors are missing about the deal (5 min read)
- NiemanLab | How should news organizations label their AI use for audiences? New studies suggest some answers (3 min read)
- MediaPlayNews | Pixalate: Mobile Driving 70% of Streaming Audience, Connected TV 30% (2 min read)