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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
April 23, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Wired staff join New York NewsGuild union, Vice Media pushes back against Wall Street Journal layoffs report, and new tactics emerge for spreading disinformation by foreign actors.
Top Stories

Wired staff unionizing as Condé Nast bosses weigh coronavirus layoffs
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast / Apr 22, 2020


Vice Media pushes back on WSJ report of plan for ‘substantial layoffs’
Joe Concha / The Hill / Apr 22, 2020


Chinese agents helped spread messages that sowed virus panic in U.S., officials say
Edward Wong, Matthew Rosenberg, Julian E. Barnes / The New York Times / Apr 22, 2020

Social Media

Facebook will start telling you where page posts are coming from
Ashley Carman / The Verge / Apr 22, 2020

Media Business

Deadspin Editor in Chief Jim Rich promoted to editorial director of G/O Media
J. Clara Chan / The Wrap / Apr 22, 2020


Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch to forgo salary, execs to take pay cuts
Erik Hayden / The Hollywood Reporter / Apr 22, 2020


Axios qualifies for small-business loan amid pandemic
John Bowden / The Hill / Apr 22, 2020


This project is paying out-of-work journalists to keep covering Oklahoma
Kristen Hare / Poynter / Apr 22, 2020

Coronavirus

YouTube says ‘authoritative’ news viewership has jumped amid COVID-19 pandemic
Richard Nieva / CNET / Apr 22, 2020


Bloomberg Media will be free for every college and graduate student in the world for the next three months
Sarah Scire / Nieman Journalism Lab / Apr 22, 2020


CNN’s Jeff Zucker says most of workforce won’t return to offices before early September
Ted Johnson / Deadline / Apr 22, 2020

Media Ethics

View: Amplifying the coronavirus protests
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review / Apr 22, 2020

International

Jewish Chronicle saved by consortium after messy takeover battle
Jim Waterson / The Guardian / Apr 23, 2020


Newsquest launches metered paywall across all daily newspaper websites
Charlotte Tobitt / PressGazette / Apr 22, 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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