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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of October 22, 2026
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
October 22, 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:
- NiemanLab | Legal experts warn Meta’s new terms still grant broad scraping permissions, despite language changes (5 min read)
- The Wrap | Bajaria Out, Rice In: Netflix’s Content Chief Change Signals Back-to-Basics Shift for Film and TV | Analysis (5 min read)
- Pew Research Center | 1 in 5 Americans Regularly Get News on TikTok (2 min read)
- The New York Times | Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House (8 min read)
- Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication | What News Organizations Built with AI, 2022–2025 (2 min read)
- Medill Local News Initiative | Dodging Defunding Disaster (15 min read)
- The New York Times | Netflix Is Great at Making Money. Its Problem Is Keeping Viewers Hooked. (5 min read)