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Journalism & Media
October 08, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   VP debate moderator struggles to prevent interruptions, Trump says he won’t participate in now-virtual debate, and Facebook to stop running political ads after Election Day.
Top Stories

‘Thank you’: Susan Page struggled to keep vice presidential debate free of interruptions
Ivan Pereira / ABC News / Oct 8, 2020


Trump vows not to participate in virtual debate with Biden
Zeke Miller, Will Weissert / The Associated Press / Oct 8, 2020


Facebook says it will halt political ads in the U.S. after the polls close on Nov. 3
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC / Oct 7, 2020

Media Business

NYT debuts new ad program to help brands address sensitive topics
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct 8, 2020


Pete Hegseth, Shannon Bream to publish books under new Fox News imprint
Brian Steinberg / Variety / Oct 7, 2020

Online Media

Keith Olbermann leaves ESPN to host political show on YouTube
Sarah Polus / The Hill / Oct 7, 2020


How Russia Today skirts high-tech blockade to reach U.S. readers [Subscription required]
Keach Hagey, Rob Barry, Emily Glazer / The Wall Street Journal / Oct 7, 2020


The news site was bogus. Facebook still let it build a real audience.
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News / Oct 7, 2020

Coronavirus

BuzzFeed News pulls reporter from White House, citing virus risk
Katie Robertson / The New York Times / Oct 7, 2020


The decline of local newsrooms could make it harder for us to detect the next disease outbreak
Lauren Harris / Columbia Journalism Review / Oct 7, 2020

Media Business

Bloomberg Media aims to grow its six-figure subscriber base through new OTT campaign
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / Oct 7, 2020


View: Would a Trump loss in November be bad for the media business?
Tom Jones / Poynter / Oct 7, 2020

Media Ethics

View: Should news outlets stop making election forecasts based on polling data?
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab / Oct 7, 2020


View: Trump doesn’t need Russian trolls to spread disinformation. The mainstream media does it for him.
Margaret Sullivan / The Washington Post / Oct 7, 2020

International

Google poised to strike deal to pay French publishers for their news
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters / 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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