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DCN’s media industry must reads: week of July 17, 2025
This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies.
July 17, 2025 | 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 New York Times | The Streaming Wars Come Down to 2: YouTube vs. Netflix (8 min read)
- NiemanLab | New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S. (9 min read)
- TechCrunch | Google Discover adds AI summaries, threatening publishers with further traffic declines (3 min read)
- Adweek | Suspected AI Content Halves Reader Trust and Hurts Ad Performance (3 min read)
- Politico | Judge rules Los Angeles police can’t use nonlethal weapons against journalists (1 min read)
- The New York Times | PBS and NPR’s Last-Ditch Fight to Save Funding (5 min read)
- AP | Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid requested by Trump (7 min read)
- Bloomberg | Eight Things We’ve Learned About Hollywood This Year (9 min read)
- CNBC | As media reckons with strategic shifts, a new crop of leaders is coming into play (8 min read)