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

• The Hollywood Reporter | Streaming TV’s Next Battlefront: Free Services Seize Their Moment (5 min read)
• The Financial Times | Streaming services battle for India’s value-conscious consumers (4 min read)
• The Los Angelas Times | How Netflix’s stumbles are causing rivals to rethink the streaming business (8 min read)
• MediaPost |Connecticut Governor Signs Sweeping Privacy Bill (1 min read)
• Reuters | Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come (1 min read)
• The Verge | Eddy Cue reportedly has bigger plans for Apple’s billion-dollar streaming and ads business (2 min read)
• LION Publishers | Median annual revenue increased 33% for LION members, data shows (4 min read)
• The Wrap | Josh Hawley Introduces Bill Intended to Strip Disney of Iconic Characters’ Copyrights (3 min read)
• The Atlantic | The Demise of ’90S Feminist-Zine Culture (8 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of May 5, 2022