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Journalism & Media
October 07, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Facebook bans QAnon across platforms, House lawmakers call for sweeping antitrust laws to check big tech, and Quartz is up for sale.
Top Stories

Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms
Brandy Zadrozny, Ben Collins / NBC News / Oct 6, 2020


House lawmakers condemn big tech’s ‘monopoly power’ and urge their breakups
Cecilia Kang, David McCabe / The New York Times / Oct 6, 2020


Quartz is put on the block just two years after sale [Subscription required]
Benjamin Mullin, Lukas I. Alpert / The Wall Street Journal / Oct 6, 2020

Press & Government

Acting VOA director pledges to protect newsroom despite inquiry into reporter
David Folkenflik / NPR / Oct 6, 2020


Critical coverage: Cable news and Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis
Celeste Katz Marston / Nieman Reports / Oct 6, 2020

Media Business

News Corp. changes its tune on Big Tech
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct 6, 2020


Thomson Reuters is said to seek buyers for 3 times square stake
Gillian Tan / Bloomberg / Oct 6, 2020

Local News

‘It’s a virtuous loop’: Audiences want local news, and national advertisers are turning to Patch to deliver the home front
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / Oct 6, 2020


An intimate narrative from inside a COVID-afflicted nursing home — reported by phone
Carly Stern / Nieman Storyboard / Oct 7, 2020

International

View: The biggest threat to the BBC’s independence is the corporation itself
George Monbiot / The Guardian / Oct 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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