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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
November 20, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   BuzzFeed to acquire HuffPost, Google signs copyright agreement in France, and a look at how a local TV station is telling a city's story.
Top Stories

BuzzFeed to acquire HuffPost in stock deal with Verizon Media [Subscription required]
Keach Hagey, Benjamin Mullin / The Wall Street Journal / Nov 19, 2020


Google signs copyright agreements with six French newspapers
Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters / Nov 19, 2020


100 years after the Ocoee Massacre, a local TV station is telling the story
Kristen Hare / Poynter / Nov 19, 2020

Online Media

As antitrust pressure mounts, Google to pull back benefit to news sites that adopted its preferred mobile technology
Adrianne Jeffries / The Markup / Nov 19, 2020


How national digital networks are transforming local news
Mark Jacob / Medill Local News Initiative / Nov 18, 2020

About Misinformation

How Steve Bannon and a Chinese billionaire created a right-wing coronavirus media sensation
Amy Qin, Vivian Wang, Danny Hakim / The New York Times / Nov 20, 2020

Media Business

‘A start-up again’: New Quartz owner Zach Seward’s plan for longevity includes revenue innovation and reader support
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / Nov 20, 2020


How the Seattle Times sold 71,000 digital subscriptions: ‘People just love to read about bridges and tunnels’
William Turvill / Press Gazette / Nov 20, 2020

Sports News

At The Ringer, staff writers say they are second-string
Noam Scheiber / The New York Times / Nov 19, 2020

Research

Here’s how the news media can repair its trust problem with Black Americans
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Journalism Lab / Nov 19, 2020

International

Burkina Faso’s invisible war
Clair MacDougall / Columbia Journalism Review / Nov 20, 2020


YouTube, Facebook and Twitter align to fight Covid vaccine conspiracies
BBC News / Nov 19, 2020


French journalists accuse government of curtailing press freedoms in France
James McAuley / The Washington Post / Nov 19, 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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