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DCN’s must reads: week of February 18, 2021
February 18, 2021 | By Michelle Manafy, Editorial Director – DCN @michellemanafy
Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:
- CNN | Facebook bans news in Australia as fight with government escalates (6 min read)
- The New York Times | Google Is Suddenly Paying for News in Australia. What About Everywhere Else? (7 min read)
- Bloomberg | ViacomCBS Goes ‘All-In’ on Streaming, But Without Many of Its Top Shows (8 min read)
- Knight-Cronkite News Lab | Thinking beyond the buzzword What does ‘engaged’ journalism mean for you, your audience…and your bottom line? (8 min read)
- Reuters| News Corp signs news partnership deal with Google (3 min read)
- Reuters | Google’s $76 million deal with French publishers leaves many outlets infuriated (4 min read)
- The New York Times | Big Tech’s Next Big Problem Could Come From People Like ‘Mr. Sweepy’ (6 min read)
- Axios | Entertainment giants focus on free streaming (1 min read)
- The Verge | Can Anyone Moderate Podcasts? (9 min read)
- Recode Media | New York Times CEO Meredith Levien on the future of news, and her newspaper (42 min listen