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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
March 19, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   News organizations see record viewership amid the coronavirus outbreak, TikTok forms outside group to help with content moderation and Fox announces that it will temporarily make all its cable channels free to stream.
Top Stories

There’s a massive audience for coronavirus news right now. That might not help the news business.
Paul Farhi, Sarah Ellison / The Washington Post / Mar 18, 2020


TikTok forms outside group to help shape content moderation policies
Margaret Harding McGill / Axios / Mar 18, 2020


Fox breaks ranks with cable news on streaming access amid virus crisis
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter / Mar 18, 2020

Coronavirus

Partisan divide emerges over hopes for coronavirus vaccine
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News / Mar 18, 2020


White House, media team up for virus public service campaign
The Associated Press / Mar 19, 2020

Newspaper News

The L.A. Times uses its physician owner to help explain the science behind the coronavirus
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab / Mar 18, 2020


Their college year upended, Gen Z journalists keep breaking news on coronavirus (some from home)
Brittany Shammas / The Washington Post / Mar 18, 2020

Social Media

Coronavirus disrupts social media’s first line of defense
Louise Matsakis, Paris Martineau / Wired / Mar 18, 2020


WhatsApp unveils $1M grant, info hub to fight coronavirus rumors
Manish Singh / TechCrunch / Mar 18, 2020

Sports News

Sports leagues offer free streaming of older games amid coronavirus shutdown [Subscription Required]
Sahil Patel / The Wall Street Journal / Mar 18, 2020

Media Business

Gray Television withdraws Tegna offer amid coronavirus rout
Greg Roumeliotis, Krystal Hu / Reuters / Mar 17, 2020

International

China defends expulsion of American journalists, accusing U.S. of prejudice
Austin Ramzy, Alexandra Stevenson / The New York Times / Mar 18, 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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