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Journalism & Media
February 02, 2021

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:  Gray Television acquires Quincy Media, big technology companies reveal a bit more about how their algorithms work and a look at how claims from Alex Jones and Rudy Giuliani helped spur the Capitol riots.
Top Stories

Gray Television acquires Quincy Media for $925 million in cash
Jill Goldsmith / Deadline / Feb 2, 2021


Tech giants open up about their algorithms
Margaret Harding McGill, Sara Fischer / Axios / Feb 2, 2021


A Pennsylvania mother’s path to insurrection
Ronan Farrow / The New Yorker / Feb 2, 2021

About Misinformation

‘We put journalists in charge of the algorithms’: Flipboard CEO on misinformation battle
John McCarthy / The Drum / Feb 1, 2021


NYU researchers find no evidence of anti-conservative bias on social media
Kim Lyons / The Verge / Feb 1, 2021


COVID-19 conspiracy theories in China are wildly different than in the U.S.
Kaiping Chen / Fast Company / Feb 1, 2021

Newspaper News

Hartford Courant wins appeal over secrecy in juvenile crimes
Larry Neumeister / The Associated Press / Feb 1, 2021


Philadelphia Inquirer kills comments section on most stories
Tom Jones / Poynter / Feb 1, 2021

Media Business

CNN ends Facebook video deal, moves ‘Go There’ daily show to its own digital platforms
Todd Spangler / Variety / Feb 1, 2021

International

Canada Post carriers suspended for refusing to deliver pro-Trump Epoch Times
Steven Zhou / Vice / Feb 1, 2021


Twitter temporarily blocked accounts critical of the Indian government
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News / Feb 1, 2021


80 journalists arrested amid Russian protests
Joseph Choi / The Hill / Jan 31, 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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