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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of September 24, 2026
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
September 24, 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 Hollywood Reporter | Like, Subscribe and Govern: The White House Is Creating Its Own Media Ecosystem (3 min read)
- The New York Times | Microsoft and OpenAI Workers Worry About ‘Largest Theft of Labor’ in History (3 min read)
- 404 Media | ‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft (3 min read)
- The New York Times | As Big Tech Takes Over Hollywood, the Picture Onscreen Gets Darker (8 min read)
- WSJ | Tech Companies’ Staff Knew Their AI Tools Posed ‘Existential Threat’ to Publishers (3 min read)
- Variety | Major TV Networks Suspend White House Pool Coverage of Trump in Protest of His CNN Ban (2 min read)
- The New York Times | The ‘Kid’ Takes Over: David Ellison Becomes a Hollywood Colossus (5 min read)
- AdExchanger | The Google Antitrust Remedies Are Too Little, Too Late – But Publishers Will Take What They Can Get (6 min read)