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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of August 14, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
August 14, 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:
- Bloomberg | Podcasting’s ‘Serial’ Era Ends as Video Takes Over (6 min read)
- Ars Technica | AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified (5 min read)
- Digiday | The publishers’ guide to being gaslit by tech platforms (the AI edition) (5 min read)
- The Verge | Google TV’s uncertain future (5 min read)
- Digiday | Despite the hype, publishers aren’t prioritizing GEO (4 min read)
- The New Yorker | What Happens to Public Media Now? (11 min read)
- The Atlantic | The Awkward Adolescence of a Media Revolution (7 min read)
- Wired | Inside the US Government’s Unpublished Report on AI Safety (5 min read)