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DCN’s must reads: week of July 5, 2019
July 5, 2019 | By Michelle Manafy, Editorial Director – DCN@michellemanafy
Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:
- Business Insider | Apple’s new subscription bundle, Apple News Plus, is key to its revenue growth, but it’s off to a slow start, publishing execs say
- Bloomberg | Facebook Is Latest Tech Company to Come Under EU’s Antitrust Scrutiny (1 min read)
- CJR | Faceplant (10 min read)
- Wired | Microsoft’s Ebook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM (5 min read)
- The Verge | Endless AI-generated spam risks clogging up Google’s search results (6 min read)
- The New Yorker | Will California’s New Bot Law Strengthen Democracy? (7 min read)
- Business Insider | Instagram is Gen Z’s go-to source of political news — and it’s already having an impact on the 2020 election (3 min read)
- Esquire | For Ben Smith, the Answer Is ‘Keep Reporting’ (24 min read)