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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
January 29, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   BuzzFeed News editor-in-chief to join the New York Times as media columnist, plus Warren Buffet exits the newspaper business, and a look at the bipartisan distrust in social media sites for political news.
Top Stories

BuzzFeed News editor Ben Smith to join New York Times as media columnist
Dylan Byers / NBC News / Jan 28, 2020


Warren Buffett is giving up on newspapers [Subscription required]
Allison Prang / The Wall Street Journal / Jan 29, 2020


An oasis of bipartisanship: Republicans and Democrats distrust social media sites for political and election news
Mark Jurkowitz, Amy Mitchell / Pew Research Center / Jan 29, 2020

Press & Government

Trump praises Pompeo for confrontation with NPR reporter: ‘You did a good job on her’
Myah Ward / Politico / Jan 28, 2020


View: Pompeo called me a ‘liar.’ That’s not what bothers me.
Mary Louise Kelly / The New York Times / Jan 28, 2020

Newspaper News

Washington Post reinstates reporter who it suspended over Kobe Bryant tweets, saying she didn’t violate policy
Oliver Darcy / CNN / Jan 28, 2020


View: Trump says CNN doesn’t respect rural Americans. Don Lemon’s mocking segment will prove it to them.
Eugene Scott / The Washington Post / Jan 28, 2020

Media Ethics

View: Should journalists sacrifice their right to vote in primaries to keep their politics private?
Kelly McBride / Poynter / Jan 28, 2020

Online Media

Penn National Gaming to buy minority stake in Barstool Sports [Subscription required]
Benjamin Mullin, Katherine Sayre / The Wall Street Journal / Jan 29, 2020


In California, a long struggle against ‘online-only’
Tony Biasotti / Columbia Journalism Review / Jan 28, 2020

Social Media

Why Mark Zuckerberg’s oversight board may kill his political ad policy
Steven Levy / Wired / Jan 28, 2020

International

Times to launch talk radio station to challenge BBC Radio 4
Jim Waterson / The Guardian / Jan 28, 2020


The Guardian reinforces climate credentials with fossil fuel ad ban
John McCarthy / The Drum / Jan 29, 2020

 

The Daily Briefing of Media News is edited by Amy Mitchell and Katerina Eva Matsa and compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including: Michael Barthel, Jeffrey Gottfried, Elizabeth Grieco, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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