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Journalism & Media
May 18, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   More layoffs hit a number of publishers, an investigation reveals that Google may have removed some news results after questionable copyright complaints, and a reporter demonstrates the ease of creating a website that plagiarizes news articles.
Top Stories

“Prior assumptions about our business no longer apply”: Cuts pile up at Vice, Quartz, The Economist, BuzzFeed, and Condé Nast
Laura Hazard Owen, Sarah Scire / Nieman Journalism Lab / May 15, 2020


Google hides news, tricked by fake claims
Joe Palazzolo, Kirsten Grind, Andrea Fuller / The Wall Street Journal / May 15, 2020


To show how easy it is for plagiarized news sites to get ad revenue, I made my own
Megan Graham / CNBC / May 17, 2020

Media Business

The pandemic got journalists out of New York and DC. That could be good news for you.
Kerry Flynn / CNN / May 15, 2020

Media Ethics

View: Is Ronan Farrow too good to be true?
Ben Smith / The New York Times / May 17, 2020

Newspaper News

Boston Globe Media sees ads slump 30% but subs increase by 35%
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / May 18, 2020


View: Will the New York Times ever stop reporting on UFOs?
Keith Kloor / Wired / May 17, 2020


View: It’s time to uproot American newspapers from hedge funds and replant them in more hospitable ground
Steve Waldman / Poynter / May 15, 2020

Coronavirus

Unvetted scientific research about COVID-19 is becoming a partisan weapon
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Journalism Lab / May 15, 2020

International

Mexican newspaper Reforma threatened for coverage of president and his management of COVID-19
Perla Arellano / Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas / May 15, 2020


View: BuzzFeed’s retreat shows that global as well as local news is under threat
Jane Martinson / The Guardian / May 15, 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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