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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of May 1, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies
May 1, 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:
- Axios | Trump targets the media in his first 100 days (3 min read)
- Bloomberg | FCC’s Anna Gomez Takes on Trump in Defense of Media (11 min read)
- The Financial Times | The US ruled against Google’s monopoly — Europe should do the same (4 min read)
- Digiday | The industry’s response to Google’s third-party cookie U-turn: ‘endless millions have been wasted’ (5 min read)
- Vanity Fair | How Ezra Klein’s YouTube Makeover Points to Podcasting’s TV Future (8 min read)
- CNN | US judge rules Apple violated order to reform App Store (2 min read)
- NPR | Justice Department revokes Biden-era protections for reporters in leak investigations (2 min read)
- Digiday | As AI lawsuits mount, publishers still struggle to block the bots (5 min read)
- The New York Time | Judge Orders Trump Officials to Disburse Funding for Radio Free Europe (5 min read)
- The Guardian | Trump v 60 Minutes is a stunning battle for the soul of US media (6 min read)
- Los Angeles Times | How Trump’s FCC chairman is stoking the culture war (9 min read)