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Journalism & Media
April 07, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   TEGNA furloughs local TV news staffs, WhatsApp implements changes to limit the spread of coronavirus misinformation and The Atlantic sees a large increase in web traffic.
Top Stories

TEGNA furloughs local TV news staffs, managers take temporary pay cut
Al Tompkins / Poynter / Apr 6, 2020


Facebook’s WhatsApp battles coronavirus misinformation [Subscription Required]
Newley Purnell / The Wall Street Journal / Apr 7, 2020


For its must-read coronavirus coverage, The Atlantic is rewarded with a huge surge of digital subscriptions
Sarah Scire / Nieman Journalism Lab / Apr 6, 2020

Press & Government

Trump lashes out at NYT, WaPost amid criticism of coronavirus response
Joe Concha / The Hill / Apr 6, 2020


View: Trump’s and Fox News’s downplaying of the coronavirus wasn’t on par with other media, no matter what you read
Aaron Blake / The Washington Post / Apr 6, 2020

Media Business

SoCal newspaper chain furloughs dozens of workers — and broader layoffs could be coming
Ryan Fonseca / LAist / Apr 6, 2020


View: Gannett stock has now fallen to 65 cents a share
Rick Edmonds / Poynter / Apr 6, 2020

Online Media

Hollywood Reporter’s top editor exits after dispute with publisher
Nicole Sperling / The New York Times / Apr 6, 2020

Research

News sentiment in the time of COVID-19
Shelby R. Buckman, Adam Hale Shapiro, Moritz Sudhof, Daniel J. Wilson / Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco / Apr 6, 2020

International

Green shoots: Publishers see ad activity return in China
Lucinda Southern / Digiday / Apr 6, 2020


Mirror publisher to furlough almost 1,000 employees and cut pay
Mark Sweney / The Guardian / Apr 6, 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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