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

• Digiday | ‘Harder to dispute’: Ebiquity CEO on why advertisers are slowing spending in the Google-Facebook duopoly (5 min read)
• MediaVoices | We need to talk about podcast listener numbers (7 min read)
• Vox Recode | The mysterious ad slump of 2022 (6 min read)
• Rest of World | TikTok creators are condensing Hollywood movies into minutes and getting millions of views (4 min read)
• ArsTechnica | Artist receives first known US copyright registration for latent diffusion AI art (2 min read)
• Press Gazette |‘Cheer the f**k up’: Ex-DC Thomson CEO Ellis Watson on ‘phenomenally exciting time’ for media (3 min read)
• AdExchanger | The Chaos Of Privacy Compliance In The US (4 min read)
• Oigo | Spanish content as a commitment (16 min read)
• The Verge | How platforms turn boring (5 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of September 22, 2022

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

• The Hollywood Reporter | Inside the Documentary Cash Grab (23 min read)
• Wall Street Journal | Why Do All These 20-Somethings Have Closed Captions Turned On? (5 min read)
• Bloomberg | After the Crypto Crash, Has Hollywood Given Up on NFTs? (6 min read)
• AdExchanger | The DOJ Antitrust Enforcer Says No More Easy Vertical Mergers For Digital Platforms (3 min read)
• Press Gazette | ‘This isn’t an acceptable part of the job’: How journalists and publishers can tackle online abuse (7 min read)
• The Verge | YouTube’s ‘dislike’ and ‘not interested’ buttons barely work, study finds (3 min read)
• Digiday | Ad industry shifts 2023 budgets as recession now looks inevitable (6 min read)
• Pew Research Center | News Platform Fact Sheet (3 min read)
• Pivot | Bob Iger at Code 2022 (47 min listen)

DCN’s must reads: week of September 15, 2022

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

• Financial Times | Big budget blockbusters arrive amid fears of ‘peak TV’ (8 min read)
• New York Times | Sweeping Children’s Online Safety Bill Is Passed in California (9 min read)
• Quartz | Is it time for television to get rebundled? (7 min read)
• Bloomberg | Critics and Fans Have Never Disagreed More About Movies (11 min read)
• NiemanLab | Twitter is letting some news publishers post customizable cards (1 min read)
• Medium | What happened when we disabled Google AMP at Tribune Publishing? Shockingly little. So you should try it, too (5 min read)
• NiemanLab | Medium’s new CEO on the company’s journalism mistakes, bundle economics, and life after Ev Williams (8 min read)
• MIT Technology Review | The most popular content on Facebook belongs in the garbage (5 min read)
• The New York Times | Many Developed Countries View Online Misinformation as ‘Major Threat’ (3 min read)

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

• The Wall Street Journal | Streaming Services Deal With More Subscribers Who ‘Watch, Cancel and Go’ (5 min read)
• Digiday | How media companies like The New York Times, BuzzFeed and Gannett are managing costs in an economic downturn (5 min read)
• The New York Times | After Roe v. Wade Reversal, Readers Flock to Publications Aimed at Women (6 min read)
• Media Voices | Why ad-light, subscriber-focused weekly print titles are thriving (3 min read)
• The Fix | Five manageable ways to introduce solutions journalism to your newsroom (6 min read)
• Axios | The TV bundle is back (2 min read)
• CJR | Diversity as a Second Job (7 min read)
• Variety | Almost 60% of Americans’ Entertainment Time Is on Ad-Supported Platforms, Luminate Report Finds (1 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of August 11, 2022

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

• AdExchanger | AdExplainer: Can Contextual Targeting Work On Streaming TV? (4 min read)
• Bloomberg | DOJ Is Preparing to Sue Google Over Ad Market as Soon as September (3 min read)
• The New York Times | Walmart Ponders Streaming Deal With Paramount, Disney and Comcast (2 min read)
• NiemanLab | Canada’s Online News Act shows how other countries are learning from Australia’s news bill (14 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Advertising Slowdown Spreads Beyond Tech Giants to Hit TV Networks, Publishers (5 min read)
• MIT Technology Review | Google examines how different generations handle misinformation (3 min read)
• Axios | Digital media survival guide (2 min read)
• The Guardian | Have the tech giants finally had their bubble burst? I’d hate to speculate (4 min read)
• MediaPost | VAB Finds 85% Of TV Networks Using New Measurement (1 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of August 4, 2022

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

• Variety | With HBO Max and Discovery+ Expected to Merge, Streamers Debate Scale vs. Brand Identity (4 min read)
• Digiday | Apple is building a demand-side platform (5 min read)
• Vogue | Maria Ressa on the Fight for Facts—and Her Own Freedom (12 min read)
• Vox | The newsletter boom is over. What’s next? (8 min read)
• Marketing Brew | Publishers are concerned Google’s Topics will lead to a higher ‘ad-tech tax’ (5 min read)
• MediaVoices | A tale of three publishers: UK daily news brands eye a more stable future (2 min read)
• Vanity Fair | Ben Smith’s Lofty, Perhaps Ill-Timed, Analogy for Semafor’s Global Play: The “Netflix” of News (4 min read)
• Journalism.co.uk | What is the future of news on LinkedIn? (5 min read)

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

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

• New York Times | Why Big Tech Is Making a Big Play for Live Sports (10 min read)
• The Guardian | TikTok is not the enemy of journalism. It’s just a new way of reaching people (5 min read)
• Bloomberg | The Movie Business Has a Supply-Chain Problem (4 min read)
• Adweek | To Ward Off Regulation, Social Platforms Agree to Self-Police Content (2 min read)
• Press Gazette | Theft of news articles and entire websites more than doubled in UK in 2021 (5 min read)
• NiemanLab | Still giving Apple 30% of your news subscription revenue? You no longer have to, and here’s how to stop (5 min read)
• The New Yorker | The Age of Algorithmic Anxiety (14 min read)
• Politico | Antitrust agency takes aim at the metaverse by suing Facebook (4 min read)
• Politico | You Trust the Media More Than You Say You Do (5 min read)

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

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

• The Wall Street Journal | Facebook Shifts Resources From News to Focus on Creator Economy (3 min read)
• Marketing Brew | Advertisers spent $115 million on clickbait sites, report finds (2 min read)
• Axios | Rise of subscription sleepers (1 min read)
• Financial Times | The Great Netflix Correction: loss of subscribers throws streaming business model into question (3 min read)
• Variety | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Top News Sources for U.K. Teens, Ousting BBC, Media Regulator Report Reveals (3 min read)
• NBC News | Many Gen Zers don’t use Google. Here’s why they prefer to search on TikTok and Instagram. (2 min read)
• MediaPost | Revised Privacy Bill Would Outlaw Some Forms Of Ad Targeting (2 min read)
• Journalism.co.uk | What next for native advertising, and how can publishers benefit? (7 min read)
• The Hollywood Reporter | YouTube Takes Live TV Market Share as Streaming War Escalates (1 min read)

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

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

• Digiday | While some publishers are slowing hiring plans, publishers like BuzzFeed and The Washington Post are not (4 min read)
• The Wall Street Journal | Netflix Seeks to Renegotiate Deals to Show Ads Next to Popular Shows (4 min read)
• NiemanLab | Lost for words? A new, free resource offers journalists guidance on thorny topics (5 min read)
• Reuters | U.S. court says FCC cannot make broadcasters check sponsors’ identities (2 min read)
• Fox Business | Google Offers Concessions to Fend Off U.S. Antitrust Lawsuit (7 min read)
• New America | We Need to Rein In Surveillance Advertising, But We Need to Do It Right (5 min read)
• NiemanLab| Nearly a third of new subscribers to news publications cancel in the first 24 hours (3 min read)
• The Washington Post | I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or the product? (10 min read)

DCN’s must reads: week of June 30, 2022

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