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Journalism & Media
May 21, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Investor relations at Tribune in focus amid cutbacks, UK news publishers move to keep circulation data private, and new research on how Americans’ views vary by their most-used news source.
Top Stories

Fresh newsroom cuts at Tribune stir mistrust as ‘vulture’ investor looms
David Folkenflik / NPR / May 20, 2020


End of the ABCs? UK news publishers to keep circulation data private as Covid-19 crisis hits
Freddy Mayhew / PressGazette / May 21, 2020


Americans who rely most on White House for COVID-19 news more likely to downplay the pandemic
Mark Jurkowitz, Amy Mitchell, Elisa Shearer, J. Baxter Oliphant / Pew Research Center / May 20, 2020

Media Business

News publishers new tactic: Emphasize the good news to lure back coronavirus-weary advertisers
Max Willens / Digiday / May 20, 2020

Media Ethics

View: A government fund to help journalism … that wouldn’t corrupt journalism
Steve Waldman / Poynter / May 20, 2020


View: Aiming for novelty in coronavirus coverage, journalists end up sensationalizing the trivial and untrue
Michael J. Socolow / Nieman Journalism Lab / May 21, 2020


View: How most of the anti-internet crew misread the news that the NY Times is getting rid of 3rd party advertisers
Mike Masnick / TechDirt / May 20, 2020

International

Amazon’s UK chief emerges as BBC Director General contender, but coronavirus complicates hiring plan
Jake Kanter / Deadline / May 21, 2020


BBC faces £125m in lost income over Covid-19 as it reveals surging audience for news coverage
Freddy Mayhew / PressGazette / May 20, 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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