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Journalism & Media
January 05, 2021

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In Today's news:   Trump's media allies fracture over push to undo election result, a look at how delays at the U.S. Postal Service are threatening small town newspapers and a DC media group acquires City & State.
Top Stories

Trump’s push to undo election result divides his media allies
John Koblin, Michael M. Grynbaum / The New York Times / Jan 4, 2021


USPS delays are threatening small-town newspapers. So is a postage price increase.
Jacob Bogage / The Washington Post / Jan 4, 2021


DC media group buys NY publication City & State, plans expansion
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post / Jan 4, 2021

Coronavirus

Vaccine distribution’s information mess
Sara Fischer, Ashley Gold / Axios / Jan 5, 2021

Press & Government

Filmmaker tracks the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in ‘The Dissident’
Stuart Miller / Los Angeles Times / Jan 4, 2021

Social Media

Twitter acquires social podcasting app Breaker, team to help build Twitter Spaces
Alex Wilhelm, Sarah Perez / TechCrunch / Jan 4, 2021

About Misinformation

How to reduce the spread of fake news — by doing nothing
Tom Buchanan / Nieman Journalism Lab / Jan 5, 2021

News Magazines

The preservationist
Tony Rehagen / Columbia Journalism Review / Jan 5, 2021

Sports News

ESPN tricked by fake Adam Schefter account into posting fake story
Mark Fischer / New York Post / Jan 4, 2021

International

Poland’s government tightens its control over media
Rob Schmitz / NPR / Jan 4, 2021


Ukraine investigates audio recordings discussing journalist’s murder
Natalia Zinets / Reuters / Jan 4, 2021

 

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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