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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
January 04, 2021
Daily Briefing of Media News [link removed]
In Today's news: Alden Global looks to buy Tribune Publishing, a look at a small start-up tabloid in an area with no regular newspaper, and Nielsen reports Fox News ratings topped all news and basic cable channels in 2020.
Top Stories
Alden Global seeks to buy Tribune Publishing [Subscription required] ([link removed])
Lukas I. Alpert, Dana Cimilluca, Cara Lombardo / The Wall Street Journal / Dec 31, 2020
In a widening news desert on the border, a tabloid start-up defies the odds ([link removed])
James Dobbins / The New York Times / Jan 1, 2021
Fox News extends streak, sets cable news records in 2020 ([link removed])
Lisa Richwine / Reuters / Dec 29, 2020
Media Business
Amazon to buy podcast maker Wondery ([link removed])
Annie Palmer / CNBC / Dec 30, 2020
Politico acquires E&E News for undisclosed amount ([link removed])
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News / Dec 29, 2020
How the dusty old op-ed pages became the red-hot outrage-generating machine of 2020 ([link removed])
Paul Farhi / The Washington Post / Dec 28, 2020
Coronavirus
Journalist Marcus Henderson covered the COVID-19 outbreak inside his own prison ([link removed])
Lucy Westcott / Committee to Protect Journalists / Dec 30, 2020
Press & Government
UK judge refuses US extradition of WikiLeaks founder Assange ([link removed])
Jill Lawless / The Associated Press / Jan 4, 2021
Trump appointee seeks lasting control over Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia ([link removed])
David Folkenflik / NPR / Dec 30, 2020
View: The resistance’s breakup with the media is at hand ([link removed])
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic / Dec 29, 2020
Television News
Why these Fox News loyalists have changed the channel to Newsmax ([link removed])
Jeremy Barr / The Washington Post / Dec 27, 2020
Online Media
They seem to think the next four years will be normal ([link removed])
Ben Smith / The New York Times / Jan 4, 2021
View: Wikipedia’s biggest challenge awaits in 2021 ([link removed])
Noam Cohen / Wired / Jan 4, 2021
View: Making sense of the Facebook menace ([link removed])
Siva Vaidhyanathan / The New Republic / Dec 31, 2020
International
Reuters cameraman detained in Ethiopia has seen no evidence against him, lawyer says ([link removed])
Reuters / Dec 30, 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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