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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of September 18, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
September 18, 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 | Amazon, Google Probed by FTC Over Search Advertising Practices (4 minute read)
- CNN | Trump’s lawsuit against The New York Times is meritless, First Amendment experts say (4 min read)
- Bloomberg | What We Do and Don’t Know About US TikTok Deal With China (4 min read)
- Press Gazette | AI bots appear to be replacing human traffic on publisher websites (5 min read)
- Axios | Free speech fight shifts (3 min read)
- Wall Street Journal | TV Industry Bets AI Can Peel Ad Dollars Away From Big Tech (5 min read)
- Axios | Publishers shift AI ire to Google (3 min read)
- The New York Times | After Trump’s Cuts, ‘Crippled’ NPR and PBS Stations Must Transform (10 min read)