Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• The Verge | Facebook is starting to share more about what it demotes in News Feed (3 min read)
• Digiday | ‘Culture change takes years’: Facing ongoing calls for DE&I gains, publishers set new standards for hiring practices (9 min read)
• AdAge | The streaming wars—everything marketers should know (7 min read)
• The New York Times | No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image (10 min read)
• Protocol | Google’s latest plans for Chromecast are all about free TV (2 min read)
• The Hollywood Reporter |  YouTube Is “Neck-and-Neck With Netflix on Revenue,” Says Exec (2 min read)
• Source | I’m redesigning brainstorming for asynchronous participation and I love it (7 min read)
• The Streamable | The Next Streaming ‘Plus’ on Your Screen Could Be Local News (2 min read)
• Online News Association | News organizations: Here’s what your teams are trying to tell you about burnout (5 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | The Facebook Files (15-90 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of September 16, 202