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

• Axios | Ad market optimism persists despite macro volatility (5 min read)
• CJR | Fighting the Machine (10 min read)
• Bloomberg | The Audio Industry Is Grappling with the Rise of ‘Podslop’ (10 min read)
• The Guardian | World’s most powerful are suing media outlets before stories are even published, says editor (6 min read)
• NiemanLab | Newsletters, live coverage, a one-time magazine: The World Cup is becoming a testbed for journalism experiments (17 min read)
• Variety | More Than Half of Gen Z Users Cancel and Renew Streaming Services for a Single Title, Won’t Purchase Full-Price Video Games, New Study Finds (6 min read)
• RSF | 2026 RSF Index: press freedom at a 25-year low (17 min read)

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

• The Verge | Former FCC staffers agree: Brendan Carr needs to be stopped (5 min read)
• Adexchanger | Streaming Platforms Are Embracing Vertical Video. But At This Point, Is It Worth It? (7 min read)
• The Financial Times | Streaming services give TV adverts a new lease of life (9 min read)
• Pew Research Center | A growing share of Americans say they mostly get news because they happen to come across it, not because they’re actively seeking it out. (6 min read)
• Poynter | Why can’t newsroom leaders just be normal about AI? (7 min read)
• Axios | Audio’s old guard looks to consolidate (4 min read)
• The New Yorker | Inside the World-Conquering Rise of the Micro-Drama (26 min read)

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

• Wired | The FCC Has a Fast Lane for Complaints About Trump’s Media Critics (13 min read)
• Digiday | In Graphic Detail: New data shows publishers face growing AI bot, third-party scraper activity (8 min read)
• The Independent | Americans quit subscription streaming services in droves as cost of living continues to climb, report finds (5 min read)
• NiemanLab | Social traffic kinda stinks for news publishers now, in 3 charts (2 min read)
• Bloomberg | EU Unveils Age Verification App as Social Media Bans Gain Steam (3 min read)
• The Financial Times | Can the traditional British tabloid survive the digital age? (9 min read)
• Wired | The Internet’s Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril (9 min read)

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

• Politico | Trump threatens to jail journalist who reported on crew’s rescue in Iran if they don’t reveal source (4 min read)
• The New York Times | How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews? (11 min read)
• The Verge | Can AI responses be influenced? The SEO industry is trying (22 min read)
• PressGazette | Which journalists and news outlets are most cited by AI answer engines? (4 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Brands Adopt ‘No AI’ Disclaimers to Stand Out Amid the Slop (6 min read)
• The New York Times | Trump’s Media-Bashing Is Coming Back to Bite Him in Court (8 min read)
• CJR | ‘We Have to Identify Where We Are Adding Human Value’ (14 min read)
• Poynter | An AI company set out to fix news deserts. Instead, it copied local journalists’ work (30 min read)

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)

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

• PBS | Instagram and YouTube found liable in landmark social media addiction trial in California (6 min read)
• NiemanLab | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok are all bad at crediting news outlets, but ChatGPT is the worst (at least in this study) (10 min read)
• The New York Times | Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional (7 min read)
• The New York Times | New York Times Accuses Pentagon of Defying Court Order (2 min read)
• The Verge | Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines (9 min read)
• NiemanLab | ProPublica’s union authorizes the first U.S. newsroom strike over AI protections (11 min read)
• NBC News | OpenAI is shutting down its Sora video-creation app (4 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | The Threats and Bare-Knuckle Tactics of MAGA’s Top Antitrust Fixer (23 min read)

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

• The New York Times | With Threats and Claims of ‘Treason,’ Trump Pressures Media on the War (10 min read)
• The Wrap | Former Newsmax Executive Christopher Wallace Named as Voice of America Deputy Director (3 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | What Entertainment Might Look Like in 20 Years (11 min read)
• The Guardian | Lisa Nandy vows to give BBC permanent charter to prevent political interference (5 min read)
• USA Today | FCC chair threatens broadcasters over Iran war coverage (4 min read)
• PressGazette | UK Government backs down on plan to water down copyright in favour of AI firms (4 min read)
• The New York Times | Why I’m Suing Grammarly (9 min read)
• Los Angeles Magazine | Silicon Valley’s Move Into Hollywood (8 min read)
• Deadline | Trump & Newsom Spar Over Censorship & POTUS’ Despotic Claim To Be “Reshaping The Media” (4 min read)

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

• NiemanLab | A lot of journalism folks are offering editing advice as Grammarly’s AI “experts” (5 min read)
• The Verge | Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permission (3 min read)
• NPR | Trump is using immigration policy to suppress speech, lawsuit claims (15 min read)
• The Hollywood Reporter | YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company (5 min read)
• The New York Times | Judge Voids Mass Layoffs at Voice of America (4 min read)
• Digiday | GEO hype busted: How it differs (and how it doesn’t) from SEO (11 min read)
• Futurism | Evidence Grows That Google’s AI Overviews Have Eviscerated the Media Industry (4 min read)
• MSNow | High-stakes First Amendment suit against the Pentagon heads to court (8 min read)

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

• The New York Times | Tech, TV, Movies and News: Ellisons on Brink of Colossal Empire (3 min read)
• The Hollywood Reporter | As Broadcast Slowly Dies, Niche-casting Is on the Rise (4 min read)
• CNET | A Long-Running AI Copyright Question Gets an Answer as Supreme Court Stays Mum (2 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Can AI Save Local News? (3 min read)
• Growtika | The Internet’s Most-Read Tech Publications Have Lost 58% of Their Google Traffic Since 2024 (5 min read)
• The New York Times | Paramount-Warner Deal Promises to Shake Up Streaming (4 min read)
• CNN | Trump says he will attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner for the first time as president (2 min read)
• NiemanLab | “Same values, same mission, same ethics”: How the Houston Chronicle chooses creators to work with (17 min read)

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

• The New York Times | Judge Rebukes U.S. Over Application to Search Reporter’s Home (2 min read)
• The Guardian | Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video to come under stricter regulation in UK (2 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Marketplaces Are the Next Frontier in Publisher Deals With AI Companies (5 min read)
• Digiday | Publishers chase video podcast growth, but audio still leads (5 min read)
• CJR | Mending Local News in a Crisis (6 min read)
• Pew Research Center | Email Newsletters as a Source of News (5 min read)
• Future Media | Publishers react to Zuck’s mobster offer on AI (41 min listen)
• MIT News | Study: AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users (6 min read)

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

• The New York Times |Hollywood Braces for New Round of Labor Talks (4 min read)
• Digiday | In Graphic Detail: The scale of the challenge facing publishers, politicians eager to damage Google’s adland dominance (3 min read)
• The Financial Times | Apple faces new tensions with Trump administration (3 min read)
• Reuters | Google hit by European publishers’ complaint to EU over AI Overviews (2 min read)
• Poynter | How to build a newsroom plan for responding to First Amendment threats (3 min read)
• Pew Research Center | Americans’ Complicated Relationship With News (10 min read)
• CJR | Disarming the Global Free Press (6 min read)
• The Guardian | Arrested journalist Don Lemon urges US to ‘keep fighting’ for right to free press (3 min read)

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

• Bloomberg | Google Search Ruling to be Appealed by DOJ, States (2 min read)
• Digiday | In Graphic Detail: The puny nature of regulatory fines compared to Big Tech’s financial prowess (3 min read)
• Axios | Disney’s succession looks different this time (3 min read)
• PressGazette | AI answers cite ‘narrow range’ of top newsbrands led by BBC and Guardian (4 min read)
• CJR | The Astonishing Arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort (7 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Some Brands Aren’t Spending Like YouTube Is the New TV (6 min read)
• Digiday | A running list of publisher lawsuits targeting Google’s ad tech practices (8 min read)
• The New York Times | Pentagon Defends Restrictions on Media Outlets (3 min read)