In today’s media business, journalists are creators and creators are journalists. This has been particularly evident during the World Cup. Publishers have ...

This week's digital media industry must-read news stories curated by DCN, the only trade association that exclusively serves media companies. Here are some of the best media stories our team has read ...

Anyone in the media industry can tell you how third-party signal degradation has made traditional ad targeting less reliable. At the same time, AI has ...

Generative AI increasingly sits between people as they communicate online. It rewrites posts, improves writing, summarizes articles, and explains ...

The annual Digital News Report is a must read for media leaders. Its findings routinely offer valuable insights that publishers can use to shape and inform their revenue strategies, content formats ...

A remarkable milestone just slipped by without a peep from industry pundits. In the last quarter, Google and Meta surpassed an annual run rate of one half of a trillion dollars in advertising revenues ...

Consumers are becoming more intentional about how they choose and combine their entertainment services. They are becoming more selective about how many services they use, what those services cost, and ...

Gaming audiences offer a valuable perspective on digital media consumption. IGN Entertainment’s new Generations in Play report finds that these audiences increasingly move fluidly between creators, ...

The most valuable audiences behave like fans. They spend more time, engage more deeply, and are more willing to pay, making them critical to growth strategies across subscriptions, advertising, and ...

For many media organizations, the threat of “Google Zero” is increasingly becoming a reality. Between November 2024 and November 2025, traffic from Google Search to more than 2,500 sites in the ...

As 2026 unfolds, the streaming business is consolidating even as investment in content expands, leading to more than a bit of audience confusion. That is a problem for streamers seeking to be top of ...