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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of November 20, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
November 20, 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 | What the Look of Your Favorite Podcast Is Trying to Tell You (16 min read)
- Bloomberg | Trump Urges Congress to Block State-Level AI Regulation (2 min read)
- CJR | The Plan to Bring Down a Giant (8 min read)
- NiemanLab | A bipartisan group of former FCC commissioners wants to take away Brendan Carr’s biggest weapon against journalism (7 min read)
- The New York Times | Who Will Win Hollywood’s Big Prize? (6 min read)
- The Local | Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era (19 min read)
- Barrett Media | The Disney vs YouTube TV Spat Had a Hidden Message to the Cable News Industry (3 min read)
- CJR | How to Make TikTok Journalism Not Cringey? The EU Might Have an Answer. (5 min read)