Media News Watch https://medianewswatch.com Media News Watch covers media policy, including Policy, Communication and Economics, with clear reporting, context, and practical guides. en-US Wed, 02 Sep 2026 01:04:58 GMT Business News Policy Media News Communication Economics What the FTC's consent decrees with platforms actually require https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/what-ftc-consent-decrees-actually-require-3/ https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/what-ftc-consent-decrees-actually-require-3/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:55:27 GMT Aleksandr Komarov Business News Section 230 is twenty-six words, and most of the debate skips them https://medianewswatch.com/policy/section-230-twenty-six-words-debate-skips-them-3/ https://medianewswatch.com/policy/section-230-twenty-six-words-debate-skips-them-3/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:55:26 GMT Alexandria Lucas Policy Ireland's data regulator fined TikTok €345 million over children's accounts https://medianewswatch.com/media-news/irish-regulator-fined-tiktok-345-million-children-accounts-3/ https://medianewswatch.com/media-news/irish-regulator-fined-tiktok-345-million-children-accounts-3/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:55:25 GMT Colin Reyes Media News What federal law actually requires of a political ad's disclaimer https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/what-federal-law-actually-requires-of-a-political-ad-s-disclaimer/ https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/what-federal-law-actually-requires-of-a-political-ad-s-disclaimer/ Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:45:51 GMT Aleksandr Komarov Business News What does an FTC consent decree actually require a platform to do? https://medianewswatch.com/policy/what-does-an-ftc-consent-decree-actually-require-a-platform-to-do/ https://medianewswatch.com/policy/what-does-an-ftc-consent-decree-actually-require-a-platform-to-do/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:45:50 GMT Alexandria Lucas Policy How Community Notes decides which fact-checks the public actually sees https://medianewswatch.com/communication/how-community-notes-decides-which-fact-checks-the-public-actually-sees/ https://medianewswatch.com/communication/how-community-notes-decides-which-fact-checks-the-public-actually-sees/ Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:45:49 GMT Gabriela Montoya Communication What the EU's content-moderation database actually discloses, and what it doesn't https://medianewswatch.com/media-news/what-the-eu-s-content-moderation-database-actually-discloses-and-what-it-doesn-t/ https://medianewswatch.com/media-news/what-the-eu-s-content-moderation-database-actually-discloses-and-what-it-doesn-t/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:45:48 GMT Colin Reyes Media News Cloudflare's crawler deadline puts a price on AI's use of news https://medianewswatch.com/economics/cloudflare-s-crawler-deadline-puts-a-price-on-ai-s-use-of-news/ https://medianewswatch.com/economics/cloudflare-s-crawler-deadline-puts-a-price-on-ai-s-use-of-news/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:45:47 GMT Khalid Okonkwo Economics How political ad-transparency libraries work — and where two still fall short https://medianewswatch.com/communication/how-political-ad-transparency-libraries-work-and-where-two-still-fall-short/ https://medianewswatch.com/communication/how-political-ad-transparency-libraries-work-and-where-two-still-fall-short/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:45:46 GMT Gabriela Montoya Communication Perplexity's answer to publishers: revenue share instead of lawsuits https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/openai-perplexity-publisher-deals/ https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/openai-perplexity-publisher-deals/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Aleksandr Komarov Business News Why platform transparency reports don't actually let you compare platforms https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/why-platform-transparency-reports-don-t-actually-let-you-compare-platforms-4b1073c3/ https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/why-platform-transparency-reports-don-t-actually-let-you-compare-platforms-4b1073c3/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:45:45 GMT Aleksandr Komarov Business News AI citations now exist at scale — and the referral math still doesn't work https://medianewswatch.com/media-news/ai-assistant-citations-publishers/ https://medianewswatch.com/media-news/ai-assistant-citations-publishers/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Colin Reyes Media News Classifieds were newspapers' invisible profit engine — their loss broke the model https://medianewswatch.com/economics/classifieds-collapse-history/ https://medianewswatch.com/economics/classifieds-collapse-history/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Khalid Okonkwo Economics How television technology quietly redesigned political debating https://medianewswatch.com/communication/teleprompter-debate-formats-history/ https://medianewswatch.com/communication/teleprompter-debate-formats-history/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Gabriela Montoya Communication How press freedom indexes measure the U.S. — and what they can and cannot tell you https://medianewswatch.com/policy/press-freedom-index-us-drop/ https://medianewswatch.com/policy/press-freedom-index-us-drop/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Alexandria Lucas Policy MSN's long goodbye shows how aggregation economics die https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/microsoft-msn-aggregation-shift/ https://medianewswatch.com/business-news/microsoft-msn-aggregation-shift/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Aleksandr Komarov Business News TikTok became a mainstream news source while newsrooms were arguing about it https://medianewswatch.com/media-news/tiktok-news-consumption-shift/ https://medianewswatch.com/media-news/tiktok-news-consumption-shift/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Colin Reyes Media News Sports rights broke the cable bundle — and are now breaking for their new buyers https://medianewswatch.com/economics/sports-rights-cable-bundles/ https://medianewswatch.com/economics/sports-rights-cable-bundles/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Khalid Okonkwo Economics Why presidents stopped asking networks for prime time https://medianewswatch.com/communication/presidential-addresses-primetime-decline/ https://medianewswatch.com/communication/presidential-addresses-primetime-decline/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Gabriela Montoya Communication Media literacy is becoming state law — and curriculum fights follow it in https://medianewswatch.com/policy/state-media-literacy-laws/ https://medianewswatch.com/policy/state-media-literacy-laws/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Alexandria Lucas Policy