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Journalism & Media
May 07, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Facebook names the 20 members of its content Oversight Board, BuzzFeed furloughs 68 staffers for three months, and Sinclair agrees to pay a $48 million FCC fine.
Top Stories

Facebook names the 20 people who can overrule Mark Zuckerberg
Steven Levy / Wired / May 6, 2020


BuzzFeed furloughing 68 staffers for three months, more cuts planned
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post / May 6, 2020


Sinclair agrees to pay largest FCC fine by broadcaster in history
Rebecca Klar / The Hill / May 6, 2020

Online Media

The New York Times’ success with digital subscriptions is accelerating, not slowing down
Sarah Scire / Nieman Journalism Lab / May 6, 2020


View: Publishers only receive half of an ad spend
Josh Sternberg / Media Nut / May 6, 2020

Coronavirus

‘What are we doing this for?’: Doctors are fed up with conspiracies ravaging ERs
Ben Collins / NBC News / May 6, 2020


View: The problem with stories about dangerous coronavirus mutations
Ed Yong / The Atlantic / May 6, 2020

Local News

Newsonomics: How will the pandemic panic reshape the local news industry?
Ken Doctor / Nieman Journalism Lab / May 6, 2020

International

Covid-19 could trigger ‘media extinction event’ in developing countries
Kaamil Ahmed / The Guardian / May 6, 2020


View: Pushed out of Egypt for COVID-19 reporting
Ruth Michaelson / Columbia Journalism Review / May 7, 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, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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