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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
October 30, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Glenn Greenwald quits The Intercept after claiming editors censored his articles, Insider Inc. buys a stake in Morning Brew and new research shows the U.S. news media has experienced varying economic impacts from the coronavirus downturn.
Top Stories

Glenn Greenwald is quitting The Intercept, claiming editors ‘censored’ his article about Joe Biden
Kerry Flynn / CNN / Oct 29, 2020


Insider Inc. buys majority stake in Morning Brew in all-cash deal
Sara Fischer / Axios / Oct 29, 2020


Coronavirus-driven downturn hits newspapers hard as TV news thrives
Katerina Eva Matsa, Michael Barthel, Kirsten Worden / Pew Research Center / Oct 29, 2020

About Misinformation

‘Tsunamis of misinformation’ overwhelm local election officials
Davey Alba, Kellen Browning / The New York Times / Oct 29, 2020


How a fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy deluge
Brandy Zadrozny, Ben Collins / NBC News / Oct 29, 2020

Newspaper News

Democrats have spent millions trying to oust Susan Collins in Maine — and it’s actually helping to save local news
Addy Baird / BuzzFeed News / Oct 29, 2020


How the Washington Post is expanding its global subscriber base
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / Oct 30, 2020


Nearly 2,800 newspaper companies received paycheck protection loans, and most were under $150K
Katerina Eva Matsa, Mason Walker / Pew Research Center / Oct 29, 2020

Social Media

Meet the man who could lead the GOP’s war on platform moderation
Makena Kelly / The Verge / Oct 29, 2020

Television News

What happens to Fox News if Trump loses? Rupert Murdoch is prepared.
Jeremy Barr, Sarah Ellison / The Washington Post / Oct 29, 2020

International

BBC unveils detailed social media rules for staff; forces presenters to disclose paid speaking gigs
Jake Kanter / Deadline / Oct 29, 2020


Meghan Markle wins bid to delay court battle with newspaper
Reuters / Oct 29, 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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