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) ...

If you’re running a modern media business, you’re probably managing more platforms than staffers who know how to use them. It’s not your fault. Unfortunately, the last decade rewarded speed over ...

As AI chatbots become part of everyday information routines, they are reshaping what people expect from news. Some people use chatbots to get fast ...

A decade ago, the concept of liquid content emerged as a response to the fragmentation of devices, platforms, and audience consumption habits. The idea was that publishers could create modular or ...

Programmatic advertising has long been essential to publisher revenue. Unfortunately, it has also posed a challenge to user experience. However, ...

DCN members can access the full Digital Subscription Tracking Report for Q4 2025 after logging in or registering an account (top right corner). Once ...

Digital media executives have operated for nearly a decade within a paradoxical market structure. To achieve scale, the industry accepted opacity.

UK newsrooms now treat AI as standard equipment. More than half of UK journalists use AI at least weekly, and more than a quarter of them use it daily. Language-processing tasks dominate AI usage.

CTV’s growth is driven by streaming’s dominance, improved audience insight, and expanding automated buying. With live programming intensifying and contextual tools strengthening relevance, publishers ...

DCN supports the European Commission’s investigation into Google’s AI Overviews, which divert audience attention by substituting platform-generated answers. Digital Content Next strongly supports the ...

The proportion of people avoiding news content is alarmingly high. According to the latest Reuters Institute Digital News Report, the public self-reports high levels of selective avoidance: 36% of ...

FAST is scaling faster than the infrastructure designed to support it. Audience adoption is real, advertiser interest is rising, and channels are ...