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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
September 20, 2019

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter

In Today's news:   Nexstar completes acquisition of Tribune Media, local Texas station flooded by Imelda, and new research on why many Americans don't fully trust journalists and others in positions of power.
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Nexstar completes acquisition of Tribune station group




Beaumont TV station flooded by Imelda, sister station KHOU in Houston helps keep them on-air




Why Americans don’t fully trust many who hold positions of power and responsibility



Press & Government

Press freedom advocates troubled by suit against Iowa paper




Public libraries may turn the page for Colorado city’s news desert




Zuckerberg meets with Trump, Republican senators



Online Media

As regulators investigate, Google is now funding the creation of local news sites in the US and the UK



Television News

“Do we acquire stuff, or are we acquired?” Inside the CBS-Viacom marriage, concerns about synergies and size




View: Anchor Alisyn Camerota is CNN’s Fox News whisperer



Media Business

Publishers are beefing up ad buying chops to support subscription ambitions



International

‘There’s nothing there:’ Bahamian reporters weather Dorian, and the international press




The Economist turns up the heat on climate change reporting




View: Britain’s most polarizing journalist



 

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, Elizabeth Grieco, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.