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DCN’s must reads: week of October 20, 2022
October 20, 2022 | Curated by Michelle Manafy, Editorial Director – DCN@michellemanafy
Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:
- Variety | Why Wall Street Fell Out of Love With Netflix and Other Media Companies (2 min read)
- Financial Times | Disney warns France that future blockbusters could bypass cinemas (4 min read)
- Pew Research | After increasing in 2020, layoffs at large U.S. newspapers and digital news sites declined in 2021 (2 min read)
- Variety | Behind Netflix and Disney+’s Dash for Streaming Ad Cash (6 min read)
- PressGazette | Google’s latest core algorithm change hits major news publishers harder than ‘helpful content’ update (7 min read)
- Medium | Is Streaming a Good Business? (17 min read)
- Digiday | Study claims widespread collection of unconsented data (2 min read)
- Variety | Netflix Released Record-Breaking 1,024 Original TV Episodes in Q3 — More Than Five Times Any Other Service (3 min read)
- WSJ | Company Documents Show Meta’s Flagship Metaverse Falling Short (10 min read)