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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of March 13, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies
March 13, 2025 | Curated by Michelle Manafy, Editorial Director – DCNConnect on
Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:
- NiemanLab | News unions are grappling with generative AI. A new study shows what they’re most concerned about (6 min read)
- Semafor | Democrats introduce bill to defang Carr’s aggressive FCC (3 min read)
- Pressgazette | With launch of AI Mode Google threatens to bleed news media dry (6 min read)
- The Hollywood Reporter | Top YouTube Creators to Hold Their Own Upfront Event in Bid for TV Ad Dollars (2 min read)
- NiemanLab | “More alarming by the day”: New York Times investigations editor on the legal threats faced by news publishers (13 min read)
- The New York Times | A Long-Shot Bet to Bypass the Middlemen of Social Media (6 min read)
- The Hollywood Reporter | DEI Is Disappearing in Hollywood. Was It Ever Really Here? (7 min read)
- American Press Institute | Develop your influencer strategy (32 min read)