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Journalism & Media
February 09, 2021

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In Today's news:   Fox News asks for Smartmatic lawsuit to be dismissed, Facebook broadens ban on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and publishers turn to more open distribution of their content.
Top Stories

Fox News asks for Smartmatic lawsuit over election-rigging claims to be dismissed
Shubham Kalia / Reuters / Feb 8, 2021


Facebook widens ban on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation in push to boost confidence
Shannon Bond / NPR / Feb 8, 2021


Publishers see new life in the old open web
Sara Fischer, Scott Rosenberg / Axios / Feb 9, 2021

Press & Government

Trump isn’t the only one on trial. The conservative media is, too.
Giovanni Russonello / The New York Times / Feb 8, 2021


View: “I think people will get tired of him”: For Donald Trump, Sarah Palin’s fall shows the limits of media obsession
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair / Feb 8, 2021

Newspaper News

A West Virginia newspaper chain is suing Google and Facebook over digital ad revenue
Kim Lyons / The Verge / Feb 8, 2021

Media Business

‘A conversion monster’: The live post makes a comeback among news publishers
Max Willens / Digiday / Feb 9, 2021

International

Australia’s media bill could become law ‘fairly soon’ despite Google and Facebook objections, minister says
Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC / Feb 9, 2021


China blocks growing social media app Clubhouse: reports
John Bowden / The Hill / Feb 8, 2021


UK editors call on ministers to protect freedom of information
Rob Evans / The Guardian / Feb 8, 2021


Beijing charges Australian journalist with leaking state secrets [subscription required]
Yuan Yang, Jamie Smyth / Financial Times / Feb 8, 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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