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

• CNN | Trump’s return to power raises serious questions about the media’s credibility (5 min read)
• Press Gazette | News organisations are forced to accept Google AI crawlers, says FT policy chief (5 min read)
• The New York Times | Kay Koplovitz Wants to See More Entrepreneurs Who Look Like Her (9 min read)
• Axios | Trump’s media playbook (3 min read)
• Press Gazette | How publishers use AI to boost productivity: From audio editions to exploiting archives (4 min read)
• Variety | Donald Trump Presidency Could Make 2025 a ‘Breakout Year for M&A’ With Deregulation on the Table (3 min read)
• The Hollywood Reporter | U.K. Government Proposes Changes to Media Merger Laws “for the Digital Age” (2 min read)
• Axios | Ziff Davis study says AI firms rely on publisher data to train models (3 min read)

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

• The Guardian | Journalism is the lifeblood of British democracy. My government will protect it (3 min read)
• Financial Times | From Paddington Bear to Gladiator, tax breaks lure productions from Hollywood heartland (7 min read)
• The New York Times | California Governor Proposes $750 Million in Annual Film Tax Credits (7 min read)
• Variety | Six Biggest Companies to Spend Record $126 Billion on Content in 2024, up 9%, Led by Disney (3 min read)
• CTV | Google exempt from Online News Act for 5 years, must pay news outlets $100M: CRTC (1 min read)
• The Washington Post | Opinion: The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media By Jeff Bezos (4 min read)
• Semaphor | Rivals scramble to react to Washington Post endorsement crisis (3 min read)

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

• The New York Times | Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law (6 min read)
• NiemanLab | Why millions of Americans avoid the news — and what it means for the election (12 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Meet Hollywood’s AI Doomsayer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (3 min read)
• Techcrunch | Ireland adopts Online Safety Code for video-sharing platforms including TikTok (6 min read)
• NPR | Jailed reporters, silenced networks: What Trump says he’d do to the media if elected (7 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Wall Street Journal, New York Post Sue AI Startup Perplexity, Alleging ‘Massive Freeriding’ (3 min read)
• The Verge | Disney Plus and Hulu won’t let you sign up through Apple anymore (1 min read)
• The New York Times | As Election Looms, Disinformation ‘Has Never Been Worse’ (6 min read)

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

• The Wall Street Journal | This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat (8 min read)
• NPR | Canceling subscriptions has to be as easy as signing up, FTC says in a new rule (2 min read)
• The New York Times | What Should a Music Magazine Be in the TikTok Era? Pitchfork Alumni Have an Idea. (5 min read)
• Ars Technica | Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be (7 min read)
• PressGazette | Why Microsoft Copilot Daily launch is ‘moment of significance’ for news industry (5 min read)
• Gallup | Americans’ Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low (4 min read)
• Reuters | NYT sends AI startup Perplexity ‘cease and desist’ notice over content use (2 min read)

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

• The Financial Times | Will Google be broken up? (9 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Antitrust Officials Weigh Splitting Google, Others (4 min read)
• The Hollywood Reporter | Tech “Death Stars” and “Horsemen of the Streaming Apocalypse”: Evan Shapiro Says Media Giants Can Not Just Survive But Thrive — If They Change (12 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | There’s a New Hit Podcast That Will Blow Your Mind (9 min read)
• PressGazette | Male experts dominate broadcast news (but far less than a decade ago) (4 min read)
• The New York Times | Athens Democracy Forum: Rethinking Journalism (7 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | The Social-Media Influencers Reshaping How Young Americans Get Their Political News (7 min read)
• Wired | The Race to Block OpenAI’s Scraping Bots Is Slowing Down (5 min read)

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

• The New York Times | As Mainstream Media Faces Unprecedented Challenges, Can It Save Itself? (8 min read)
• Digiday | What happens in the Google ad tech antitrust trial now that testimony is done? (6 min read)
• The Verge | California governor vetoes major AI safety bill (4 min read)
• Variety | TV’s New Big Four: Netflix, YouTube, Disney and Amazon Dominate as Streaming Wars Enter New Phase (5 min read)
• Techcrunch | Microsoft starts paying publishers for content surfaced by Copilot (3 min read)
• Better Offline | The Department of Justice V Google Ads: Part 4 (34 min listen)
• Financial Times | How Netflix is upending Hollywood (21 min listen)

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

• The New York Times | Spurned by Social Media, Publishers Chase Readers on WhatsApp (7 min read)
• Bloomberg | Illegal Streaming of Live Sports Has Gone Mainstream. Can Anything Be Done? (5 min read)
• WSJ | Google Emails Show Unease Over Advertising Dominance (3 min read)
• Bloomberg | Google Judge Questions Company Testimony as Ad Defense Begins (2 min read)
• NiemanLab | Google Discover is sending U.S. news publishers much more traffic. (Social? Still falling.) (3 min read)
• Financial Times | Perplexity in talks with top brands on ads model as it challenges Google (4 min read)
• Poynter | Over half of journalists considered quitting due to burnout this year, per new report (4 min read)
• Digiday | Why are sports organizations including the NFL and Ligue 1 investing in their own streaming services? (5 min read)

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

•  The Drum | DOJ case looks strong as Google’s adtech antitrust trial enters next stage, experts say (12 min read)
• Financial Times | Meta faces hefty EU antitrust fine over classified ads practices (3 min read)
• Bloomberg | Even Facebook Couldn’t Compete With Google, Ex-Ad Chief Says (3 min read)
• Hollywood Reporter | Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Bills Regulating AI Performance Replicas Into Law (1 min read)
• AdExchanger | Big Tech’s EU Opponents Step Aside; Dare To Believe In A World Without GAM (2 min read)
• Financial Times | How Netflix won the streaming wars (12 min read)
• Wired | This Digital Archivist Believes Hollywood’s ‘Competition Era’ Is Over

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

• Morning Brew | Google ‘impossible to negotiate with,’ former News Corp exec testifies (3 min read)
• CNBC | British competition regulator objects to Google’s ad tech practices (3 min read)
• Capitol Forum | Jason Kint on the US vs. Google Antitrust Trial (52 min listen)
• Better Offline | The Department of Justice V Google Ads: Part 1 (58 min listen)
• The Current | 5 Minutes with Digital Content Next’s Jason Kint (6 min read)
• Axios | U.S. news leaders sound alarm on press freedom (2 min read)
• The Conversation | Big tech is painting itself as journalism’s saviour. We should tread carefully (5 min read)
• Techcrunch | Online, led by social media, overtakes TV as the most popular source of news in the UK, Ofcom says (4 min read)
• Status | Sounding the A.I. Alarm (2 min read)

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

• Wired | Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping (8 min read)
• The Hill | A war for the future: How streamers, Big Tech are tightening their grip on the media (6 min read)
• Axios | Publishers promote play (2 min read)
• The Verge | Hello, you’re here because you said AI image editing was just like Photoshop (8 min read)
• Adweek | The DOJ Alleged Google ‘Destroyed’ Relevant Evidence Ahead of Its Antitrust Adtech Trial (3 min read)
• Techcrunch | Google just backed a $250M deal with California to support journalism — here’s what it means (6 min read)
• Bloomberg | Apple Cuts Jobs in Online Services Group as Priorities Shift (2 min read)
• Mediapost | California Senate Approves Bill Requiring Browser Developers To Offer Opt-Out Tool (3 min read)

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

• Bloomberg | Google’s AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die (8 min read)
• The Financial Times | How Walmart became a force in a $54bn retail advertising industry (6 min read)
• The Guardian | California becomes first state to partner with tech firms to pay for journalism (4 min read)
• Business Insider | A new sports streamer’s setback could pose problems for the wider media industry and change how we watch TV (4 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | U.K. Authority Closes Competition Probes Into Google, Apple App Stores (2 min read)
• CNBC | Streaming is getting more expensive for consumers. Here’s why (7 min read)
• Bloomberg | Sports Betting Is Legal, and Sportswriting Might Never Recover (13 min read)
• B&T | 2024 Mentally Healthy Survey: 70% Of The Media, Marketing & Creative Industry Have Experienced Burnout In The Past Year (7 min read)

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

• The Washington Post | 6 ways the Google antitrust ruling could change the internet (5 min read)
• Bloomberg | The Race Is On to Build The Next Profitable Streaming Service (7 min read)
• Politico | ‘The Mt. Rushmore of antitrust cases’ (6 min read)
• NiemanLab | Does legacy news help or hurt in the fight against election misinformation? (16 min read)
• MIT Technology Review | Here’s how people are actually using AI (3 min read)
• The Hollywood Reporter | “None of the Apps Are Great”: Top Podcasters Reveal Biggest Challenges (3 min read)