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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of April 2, 2026
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
April 2, 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 Guardian | ‘What’s going on?’: US judge calls aspects of new Pentagon press policy ‘weird’ (7 min read)
- The Wrap | The New Hybrid Journalist: Independent Operators, Big Media Reach (12 min read)
- The Financial Times | What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes bad (6 min read)
- Axios | Video market plateaus amid fragmented streaming landscape (x min read)
- The New York Times | Trump’s Executive Order on NPR and PBS Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules (3 min read)
- Wired | I Asked ChatGPT What WIRED’s Reviewers Recommend—Its Answers Were All Wrong (9 min read)
- Status | Chasing Creator Currency (7 min read)