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Journalism & Media
December 31, 2019

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   Fox News hits highest viewership in network’s 23-year history, Schneps Media buys the free daily newspaper Metro New York and freelancers prepare for new California law.
Top Stories

Fox News hits highest viewership in network’s 23-year history
Joe Concha / The Hill / Dec 30, 2019


Metro New York newspaper sold to Schneps Media, owner of amNewYork
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post / Dec 30, 2019


California wanted to protect Uber drivers. Now it may hurt freelancers.
Noam Scheiber, Nellie Bowles / The New York Times / Dec 31, 2019

Press & Government

When John Solomon was Rudy Giuliani’s toughest critic
Tina Nguyen, Daniel Lippman / Politico / Dec 30, 2019


View: After another year of Trump attacks, ‘ominous signs’ for the American press
Michael M. Grynbaum / The New York Times / Dec 30, 2019


View: Here are four suggested New Year’s resolutions for the media
Catherine Rampell / The Washington Post / Dec 30, 2019

Television News

Fred Graham, pioneering legal affairs journalist, dies at 88
The Associated Press / Dec 30, 2019

Newspaper News

View: Bret Stephens and the perils of the tapped-out column
Jack Shafer / Politico / Dec 30, 2019

Online Media

Vox Media has a new pitch for advertisers after buying New York Magazine and affiliated sites
Megan Graham / CNBC / Dec 30, 2019


Alex Jones and InfoWars ordered to pay $100K in court costs for Sandy Hook Case
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast / Dec 30, 2019

News Magazines

Marc Benioff bought Time Magazine to help address a ‘crisis of trust’
Brian Stelter, Clare Duffy / CNN / Dec 30, 2019

International

Abducted Sri Lanka journalist’s wife: Military derails case
Bharatha Mallawarachi / The Associated Press / Dec 31, 2019


Man sentenced to 15 years for role in murder of Slovak journalist
Jason Hovet / Reuters / Dec 30, 2019


Hong Kong: reporter blinded covering protests on her bid to sue police
Lily Kuo / The Guardian / Dec 30, 2019

 

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, Jeffrey Gottfried, Elizabeth Grieco, Maya Khuzam, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Kirsten Worden.

 
 
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