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Journalism & Media
February 17, 2021

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Alden Global hedge fund buys newspaper chain Tribune Publishing, Gannett and McClatchy join in national ad effort, and first content deals signed between Google and Australian media organizations deal.
Top Stories

Hedge fund Alden Global is buying newspaper chain Tribune Publishing
Kerry Flynn / CNN / Feb 16, 2021


McClatchy joins major news publisher for national ad effort
Mark Anderson / Sacramento Business Journal / Feb 16, 2021


Australia says content laws already working after Nine-Google deal reports
Byron Kaye / Reuters / Feb 16, 2021

Online Media

Vox hires Atlantic’s Swati Sharma to be editor
Thomas Moore / The Hill / Feb 16, 2021

Television News

ABC News chief national correspondent Matt Gutman suspended for hospital visit
Thomas Moore / The Hill / Feb 16, 2021


In a surprise announcement, Brooke Baldwin says she’s leaving CNN
Tom Jones / Poynter / Feb 17, 2021

Local News

Q&A: Sarah Stonbely on remapping local news at the municipal level
Sara Sheridan / Columbia Journalism Review / Feb 16, 2021

Media Ethics

Who deserves to have their past mistakes “forgotten”?
Rachael Allen / Slate / Feb 16, 2021

International

As Fox News struggles at home, Murdoch brings its playbook to the U.K.
Mark Landler / The New York Times / Feb 16, 2021


BBC under fire over ‘strikingly hostile’ interview of Muslim Council of Britain head
Aamna Mohdin / The Guardian / Feb 17, 2021


Mozambique expels British journalist Tom Bowker, bans him for 10 years
Committee to Protect Journalists / Feb 16, 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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