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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of January 8, 2026
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
January 8, 2026 | 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 Financial Times | The US is losing its battle to break up Big Tech (6 min read)
- The New York Times | New York Times Case Against Pentagon Will Move Quickly (2 min read)https://
- Digiday | Why publishers are building their own creator networks (9 min read)
- ArsTechnica | News orgs win fight to access 20M ChatGPT logs. Now they want more. (5 min read)
- Axios | The year big events came back (2 min read)
- The New York Times | Corporation for Public Broadcasting Votes to Shut Down (1 min read)
- CJR | What the Dissolution of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Means (5 min read)