Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• CNBC | Can media companies weather a recession? Executives say they’re in stronger shape this time (7 min read)
• National Post | News compensation bill part of ‘global movement’ to regulate Big Tech, critic says (3 min read)
• Digiday | ‘The juice is not always worth the squeeze’: Publishers evaluate cost-per-click pricing models in their commerce businesses (7 min read)
• WSJ | Netflix Disrupted Entertainment With Binge Viewing. Now Can It Avoid Disruption Itself? (4 min read)
• Variety | Netflix Ranks Last Among Streamers for Perceived Value — but It’s Still the No. 1 Must-Have Service, Survey Finds (2 min read)
• CNN | Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark First Amendment decision, leaving higher bar for libel in place (2 min read)
• MediaPost | 41% Of U.S. OTT Households Are ‘Diverse’ (1 min read)
• The Guardian | I saw first-hand how US tech giants seduced the EU – and undermined democracy (16 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of June 23, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• Variety | U.S. Subscription VOD Revenue Growth Slowing to 13% in 2022, Hitting $25 Billion: PwC Report (2 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Canada to Compel YouTube, TikTok and Streamers to Boost Domestic Content (5 min read)
• Nieman Lab | The Washington Post wants to give you a good deal on a digital subscription — from now until 2072 (6 min read)
• Press Gazette | Google News returns to Spain and unveils redesign promoting local news and fact checks (3 min read)
• The Hollywood Reporter | Don’t Expect Streaming Revenue to Keep Up Its Rapid Growth Rate (2 min read)
• CNN Business | Behind the Associated Press’ decision to appoint a democracy editor: ‘This is a very crucial beat’ (2 min read)
• Variety | Pamela Levine Named Head of Marketing at Disney Branded TV, National Geographic Content (2 min read)
• Bloomberg | Google Avoids More Fines After Settling French News Dispute (2 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of June 16, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• The New York Times | Lina Khan, a Big Tech Critic, Tries Answering Her Own Detractors (5 min read)
• The Angry Editor | A lack of newsroom diversity is hurting readers (6 min read)
• Fox Business | Facebook rethinks news deals and publishers could lose millions (5 min read)
• Axios | 5 tech giants own over half the global ad market (1 min read)

• NiemanLab | How science helps fuel a culture of misinformation (12 min read)
• Poynter | Every newsroom needs to update its social media policies (7 min read)
• RJI | We’re launching a free tool for journalists to track source diversity (3 min read)
• Gawker | What are the odds these media brands survive? (6 min read)
• The New Yorker | The Numbing Rise of I.P. TV (13 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of June 9, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• Financial Times | Making money from screen time (6 min read)
• MediaPost | FTC To Revamp Digital Advertising Guidance (1 min read)
• Next in Marketing | Netflix needs advertisers. Advertisers really need Netflix. (4 min read)
• Financial Times | Big Tech pulls out all the stops to halt ‘self-preferencing’ antitrust bill (5 min read)
• The Atlantic | Stranger Things Won’t Save Netflix (5 min read)
• The Guardian | Sheryl Sandberg’s influence reaches all of us. But it’s a troubling legacy (4 min read)
• Changing America | New AP Stylebook offers chapter on inclusive storytelling (2 min read)
• MIT | Why it’s time for “data-centric artificial intelligence” (5 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of June 2, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• Time | The Strange Coalition in Congress Poised to Score a Major Win Against Big Tech (7 min read)
• Deadline | Candle Media’s Kevin Mayer And Tom Staggs Believe “Killer Content” Will Sustain Streaming Business (7 min read)
• Press Gazette | How the News Revenue Hub used blood bank donor expertise to help local US publishers raise $61m (6 min read)
• The Hollywood Reporter | Disney+ Hotstar Leads Q1 Subscriber Growth in Southeast Asia (Study) (3 min read)
• CJR | Facebook’s new data-sharing plans raise old concerns (12 min read)
• The New York Times | Sheryl Sandberg Steps Down From Meta (1 min read)
• MediaPost | Journalists Face Growing Mistrust And Workloads, Study Finds (2 min read)
• Press Gazette | Future of Media Explained podcast 3: Battling the Duopoly with Jason Kint (37 min listen)

DCN’s must reads: week of May 26, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• Wired | How GDPR Is Failing (15 min read)

• Medialyte | When you build on the internet, you build on sand (4 min read)

• Variety | How the Market Crash Is Forcing Hollywood Giants to Reassess Digital Strategies (10 min read)

• The Los Angeles Times | Why free streaming channels like Pluto TV and Tubi have viewers watching commercials again (9 min read)

• The Hollywood Reporter | How the Current Wave of More Inclusive Leadership Is Changing Newsrooms (19 min read)

• The New York Times | What We Learned About TV During Its Biggest Week (7 min read)

• The Wall Street Journal | GOP-Led Legislation Would Force Breakup of Google’s Ad Business (5 min read)

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• Gizmodo | We’re Publishing the Facebook Papers. Here’s How Facebook Killed News Feed Fixes Over Fear of Conservative Backlash. (8 min read)
• Financial Times | Hollywood braced for new age of austerity after streaming splurge (5 min read)
• Digiday | How Microsoft plans to storm adland: ‘Attribution, CTV, in-game ads and potential M&A’ (3 min read)
• NiemanReports | Why Newsrooms Are Collaborating to Take on Ambitious Reporting Projects (15 min read)
• The Drum | Disney+ has the power to ‘determine the future’ of streaming ads… and it just did (3 min read)
• PressGazette | BBC digital director: ‘Social media platforms are often working against us’ (3 min read)
• Journalism.co.uk | Whether readers or brands pay for your content, data is central to the strategy (4 min read)
• NiemanLab |  Facebook promised to remove “sensitive” ads. Here’s what it left behind. (6 min read)
• FIPP | Media Unscripted: latest episode with Jason Kint of Digital Content Next now available on general release (36 min listen)

DCN’s must reads: week of May 12, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• The Hollywood Reporter | Streaming TV’s Next Battlefront: Free Services Seize Their Moment (5 min read)
• The Financial Times | Streaming services battle for India’s value-conscious consumers (4 min read)
• The Los Angelas Times | How Netflix’s stumbles are causing rivals to rethink the streaming business (8 min read)
• MediaPost |Connecticut Governor Signs Sweeping Privacy Bill (1 min read)
• Reuters | Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come (1 min read)
• The Verge | Eddy Cue reportedly has bigger plans for Apple’s billion-dollar streaming and ads business (2 min read)
• LION Publishers | Median annual revenue increased 33% for LION members, data shows (4 min read)
• The Wrap | Josh Hawley Introduces Bill Intended to Strip Disney of Iconic Characters’ Copyrights (3 min read)
• The Atlantic | The Demise of ’90S Feminist-Zine Culture (8 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of May 5, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• Wired | Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly (4 min read)
• Hollywood Reporter | Amid Streaming Boom, Some Companies Love Linear TV (7 min read)
• AdExchanger | From QR Codes To Audio Retargeting, New Creative Formats Aim For Performance Budgets (5 min read)
• Protocol | Netflix & churn: Streaming services struggle with subscribers jumping ship (4 min read)
• Recode | The winners and losers of Apple’s anti-tracking feature (12 min read)
• The Guardian | ‘Extra level of power’: billionaires who have bought up the media (6 min read)
• Tech Policy Press | The Sunday Show: Facebook’s Legal Woes (40 minute listen)
• The New York Times | The Myth of the Genius Tech Inventor (4 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of April 28, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• Vanity Fair | The Netflix Nightmare: What Happens When an Industry Becomes a Squid Game (11 min read)
• The New York Times | As Europe Approves New Tech Laws, the U.S. Falls Further Behind (7 min read)
• Digiday | The Rundown: Apple’s ATT Privacy crackdown, a year on (7 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Netflix, Facing Reality Check, Vows to Curb Its Profligate Ways (6 min read)
• The Logic | Letter from the editor: Rebutting critics of the Online News Act (8 min read)
• Nieman Lab | How can publishers respond to the power of platforms? (10 min read)
• Vice | Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document (9 min read)
• AppleWorldToday  | Study: Apple hasn’t benefited from its App Tracking Transparency feature (2 min read)
• rest of world | In the Dark (30 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of April 21, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• The New York Times | And Now, a Word From Your Streaming Sponsor … (7 min read)
• Poynter | How Vox Media’s growth explains what happens when digital media companies combine (7 min read)
• TechCrunch | Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms (3 min read)
• Bitch Media | Journalism’s Barrier-Breaking Leaders of Color on the Past, Present, and Future of the Whitewashed Industry (15 min read)
• TIME | Congress is Close to Cracking Down on Big Tech. But Powerful Obstacles Remain (8 min read)
• The New York Times | A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says? (40 min read)
• Columbia Journalism Review | Let’s make journalism work for those not born into an elite class (8 min read)
• Deadline | UK Streaming Subscriptions Shrink As Households Look To Cut Costs – Report (2 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of April 14, 2022

Here are some of the best media stories our team has read so far this week:

• LinkedIn | Everything You Wanted in Digital Advertising (12 min read)
• MediaPost | Viva Video: B2B Buyers Prefer It Over Written Content, Study Shows (2 min read)
• PBS News Weekend | How diversity in media and entertainment affects young people (3 min read)
• Axios | Scoop: Snapchat partners with 40+ newsrooms on new automated product (2 min read)
• Axios | Big cuts coming for CNN+ after slow start (1 min read)
• Nieman Lab | “Crushing resistance”: Yet again, newsrooms aren’t showing up to the industry’s largest diversity survey (7 min read)
• Poynter | How Vox’s growth explains what happens when digital media companies combine (7 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of April 7, 2022