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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
January 26, 2021

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Twitter launches new forum to combat misinformation, some digital media companies have discussions about going public via SPACs and Politico staffers send a letter to their publisher voicing displeasure with a recent editorial by Ben Shapiro
Top Stories

Twitter launches ‘Birdwatch,’ a forum to combat misinformation
Brandy Zadrozny, Ben Collins / NBC News / Jan 25, 2021


SPAC boom could finally provide an exit ramp for digital publishers like Buzzfeed and Vice Media
Alex Sherman / CNBC / Jan 25, 2021


100+ Politico staffers send letter to publisher railing against publishing Ben Shapiro
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast / Jan 25, 2021

Media Business

Business Insider did nothing when the pandemic hit. It worked. [Subscription Required]
Lukas I. Alpert / The Wall Street Journal / Jan 25, 2021


Twitter acquiring newsletter publishing company Revue
Sara Fischer / Axios / Jan 26, 2021

Newspaper News

An Idaho newspaper editor struggled to get Excel access for staff. After tweeting about it, she was fired.
Teo Armus / The Washington Post / Jan 26, 2021


“We can’t have that”: Inside The New York Times’ firing of Lauren Wolfe
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair / Jan 25, 2021

Television News

WGN America to rebrand as NewsNation: An “unbiased” competitor to cable news giants
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter / Jan 25, 2021

Press & Government

White House enlists ASL interpreters for daily press briefings
Alana Wise / NPR / Jan 25, 2021


Rupert Murdoch, accepting award, condemns ‘awful woke orthodoxy’
Katie Robertson / The New York Times / Jan 25, 2021

Local News

News media workers are concerned about local news’ sustainability, but few see ads as the best answer, Medill survey finds
Mark Jacob / Poynter / Jan 25, 2021

Research

Facebook gives researchers targeting data on 1.3m political ads
Issie Lapowsky / Protocol / Jan 25, 2021

International

Facebook News launches in the UK, the first international market for its curated news portal
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch / Jan 25, 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, Naomi Forman-Katz, Jeffrey Gottfried, Maya Khuzam, Jacob Liedke, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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