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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of June 11, 2026
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
June 11, 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:
- PressGazette | US publishers tell Common Crawl to stop scraping and delete archive (4 min read)
- The Decoder | Landmark German ruling declares Google’s AI Overviews are Google’s own words and makes it liable for false answers (6 min read)
- Digiday | Google’s AI opt-out leaves publishers with a choice they can’t safely use (7 min read)
- The Financial Times | After the final whistle: media groups battle for World Cup attention (4 min read)
- NiemanLab | What kind of stories are best at turning local news readers into subscribers? It’s hard news, not the soft stuff (8 min read)
- The New York Times | A Murdoch Builds His Own Media Empire. Is This ‘Succession’ or Secession? (8 min read)
- Insider Radio | Video Reshapes Podcasting As Audience Hits New High, Study Finds. (3 min read)
- Center for Integrity in News Reporting | New poll results: Trust in the media stays low, but confidence in specific national outlets runs higher (4 min read)