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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of December 11, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
December 11, 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 Wall Street Journal | What Netflix Gains From Buying Warner Bros. (3 min read)
- The Financial Times | EU opens probe into Google’s use of online content for AI models (2 min read)
- The Verge | A pay-to-scrape AI licensing standard is now official (2 min read)
- The Wall Street Journal | Ad Spend to Grow More Than Expected in 2025 as Tariffs Sting Less and AI Gives a Leg Up (2 min read)
- The New York Times | New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work (3 min read)
- The Hollywood Reporter | As Pay TV Collapses, Sports’ Streaming Wars Kick Off (8 min read)
- Bloomberg | AI Browsers Aren’t Smart Enough Yet to Take Over the Internet (8 min read)
- The Ringer | The Elephant in the Tube (10 min read)