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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of October 30, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
October 30, 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 | Warner Bros. Discovery Sale Pits Billionaires Against Each Other (10 min read)
- PBS News | Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of U.S. Copyright Office (2 min read)
- The Hollywood Reporter | Why Podcast Advertisers Are Holding Back Close to $1 Billion (3 min read)
- NiemanLab | News creators get more attention in countries where traditional media struggles (4 min read)
- The New York Times | Under Trump, Voice of America Is Down but Not Out (12 min read)
- Harper’s | Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media? (33 min read)
- The New York Times | Radio Free Asia Will Halt News Operations Amid Shutdown (4 min read)
- Pew Research Center | Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true (2 min read)