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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of August 20, 2026
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
August 20, 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 | Revealed: FCC chair Brendan Carr’s close ties to White House and rightwing media (6 min read)
- Reuters | Microdramas boom in a shrinking Hollywood as studios chase a TikTok audience (7 min read)
- CNBC | What will TV look like in three years? Media insiders share their predictions (11 min read)
- Digiday | European publishers are getting hit harder by AI bot scraping, report finds (3 min read)
- The New York Times | Sick of A.I. Slop? So Are Tech Giants. (5 min read)
- Axios | Trump’s media and defamation legal battles skyrocket (2 min read)
- United Nations | What’s journalism worth in disasters and emergencies? A lot, says a new UN report (5 min read)
- The Guardian | Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored (20 min read)