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Journalism & Media
February 18, 2021

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   The death of loved and loathed Rush Limbaugh, the vultures come for Tribune while the Baltimore Sun looks to escape and, Facebook has a new look in Australia.
Top Stories

Loved and loathed — the death of talk radio legend Rush Limbaugh
Tom Jones / Poynter / Feb 17, 2021


The vultures come for Tribune, as the Baltimore Sun looks to escape
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review / Feb 17, 2021


Facebook’s new look in Australia: news and hospitals out, aliens still in
Damien Cave / The New York Times / Feb 18, 2021

Media Business

Tribune journalists react to the ‘gut punch’ announcement of hedge fund acquisition
Brian Stelter, Kerry Flynn / CNN Business / Feb 17, 2021


Tucker Carlson to produce video podcasts for Fox Nation
Thomas Moore / The Hill / Feb 17, 2021


With the loss of physical newsrooms, how are young journalists faring?
Clio Chang / Nieman Reports / Feb 17, 2021

Media Ethics

True newsroom diversity must account for disability status, too
Sara Luterman / Nieman Reports / Feb 17, 2021

Social Media

Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking experiment reveals problems
Alex Mahadevan / Poynter / Feb 18, 2021

International

2 Belarusian journalists sent to prison for covering protest
The Associated Press / Feb 18, 2021


Business rates relief for Scottish newspapers to be extended following fears of ‘death knell’ for industry
Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette / Feb 17, 2021


Google strikes 11th hour deals with Australian publishers to avoid new law
Sara Fischer / Axios / Feb 17, 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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