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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of October 16, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
October 16, 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:
- The New York Times | How the Pentagon Is Blocking Out News Organizations (3 min read)
- The New York Times | Inside Hegseth’s Effort to Limit Press Access at the Pentagon (5 min read)
- Deadline | Media Outlets, Ranging From The Atlantic To Newsmax, Refuse To Sign New Pentagon Press Policy — Update (4 min read)
- AP | Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules (5 min read)
- The Wall Street Journal | How Google Is Walking the AI Tightrope (5 min read)
- The Verge | OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama (7 min read)
- Derek Thompson | Everything Is Television (12 min read)
- The Hollywood Reporter | YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started (29 min read)