Editing Weekly Brief: July 1–7, 2025
This week brought some interesting developments for editors, from significant market growth in digital content to new policies impacting academic publishing. We also saw continued advancements in AI tools designed to streamline our work and enhance connectivity.
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Digital Content Creation Market Projected to Soar to $90.4 Billion by 2033
The digital content creation market is set for major growth, expected to hit $90.4 billion by 2033, up from $27.1 billion in 2023. This expansion is largely due to more people using the internet and social media. Video content was a big player in 2023, holding a 40.5% share, and the “Tools” segment, which includes our editing software, had a strong 75.6% market share, showing how much AI and automation are changing content production. This growth, especially in tools and video, means that knowing advanced editing software and understanding multimedia formats are becoming even more important for us.
Published: July 4, 2025
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FCC Boosts Wireless Connectivity with New Spectrum Authority
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on July 3, 2025, which gives the FCC back its power to auction spectrum through September 30, 2034, opening the door for more wireless services. The FCC also allowed T-Mobile and SpaceX to offer supplemental wireless coverage from space to existing phones, starting July 1, 2025. These actions are set to bring faster, low-latency wireless broadband across the country, especially in rural areas. Better internet infrastructure is a huge plus for modern, cloud-based editing, making it easier for us to work with large files and collaborate remotely.
Published: July 3, 2025
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American Press Institute Highlights AI’s Growing Role in Local News
The American Press Institute’s July 2025 Training Edition is talking about how local news organizations are using artificial intelligence more and more. An upcoming AI Innovator Collaborative meeting on July 8 will dive into how newsrooms are using AI to improve reporting and operations, with examples like the Kamala Harris News Assistant and property tax script generators. The institute also mentioned updated AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms. This shows that AI is becoming a key part of journalism, meaning editors will increasingly oversee AI-assisted workflows and ensure ethical standards.
Published: July 3, 2025
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Tools & Tips
Staying sharp means keeping an eye on new resources and approaches. Here are a couple of things that might come in handy for your editing toolkit.
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Explore Movavi Video Editor 2025’s AI-Powered Features If you’re looking to speed up your video editing, Movavi’s latest 2025 suite comes with some neat upgrades. They’ve added one-click automatic subtitles and new AI tools aimed at making both video and photo editing smoother and quicker. Plus, there are new creative assets like sounds and effects to play with. This tool directly addresses the growing need for efficiency in content creation, especially with video.
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Sharpen Your Skills in Prompt Engineering for AI Content As generative AI becomes a bigger part of content creation, knowing how to “talk” to these tools effectively is a game-changer. Learning prompt engineering, which involves being specific, providing context, and refining your inputs, helps you guide AI to produce better, more relevant content. It’s all about making sure the AI truly understands your vision and aligns with your editorial standards.
Prompt engineering: 10 tips for content editors using generative AI | Contentful
Fun Fact
Did you know video editing’s roots go all the way back to the late 1800s? It started with photographer Eadweard Muybridge’s pioneering work, capturing sequential photos of a galloping horse to study motion. These early experiments laid the foundational groundwork for motion pictures and, eventually, the sophisticated editing techniques we use today.
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