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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
January 23, 2020

Daily Briefing of Media News share on Twitter
In Today's news:   United Nations experts suggest Jeff Bezos’ phone was hacked to silence reporting on Saudi Arabia, former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus hired as a political analyst on CBS News, and CNN makes a move toward podcasting.
Top Stories

U.N. urges probe of reported hacking of Jeff Bezos’ phone by Saudi Arabia
Shannon Bond, Avie Schneider / NPR / Jan 22, 2020


Reince Priebus joins CBS News as political analyst
Tal Axelrod / The Hill / Jan 22, 2020


CNN is kicking off a podcast push with a Jeffrey Epstein series
Max Willens / Digiday / Jan 22, 2020

Social Media

Facebook’s rising Democrat problem
Sara Fischer / Axios / Jan 23, 2020


View: TikTok never wanted to be political. Too late.
Rebecca Jennings / Vox / Jan 22, 2020

Online Media

View: Public infrastructure isn’t just bridges and water mains: Here’s an argument for extending the concept to digital spaces
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab / Jan 22, 2020

Media Business

Business and tech publishers flock to Davos on a hunt for influence (and sponsor revenue)
Kayleigh Barber / Digiday / Jan 22, 2020


Liberty Global working with Hemisphere Media on a bid for Univision
Gerry Smith, Nabila Ahmed, Liana Baker / Bloomberg / Jan 22, 2020

Press & Government

Chuck Schumer embraces an old friend: The media
Marianne Levine / Politico / Jan 22, 2020


View: Democrats say Trump is trying to “cheat” in 2020. He’s not the only threat to the election.
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review / Jan 23, 2020

Research

Here’s how The New York Times tested blockchain to help you identify faked photos on your timeline
Hanaa' Tameez / Nieman Journalism Lab / Jan 22, 2020

International

China arrested 8 for spreading ‘hoaxes’ about what is now known as coronavirus. What happened to them?
Cristina Tardáguila, Summer Chen / Poynter / Jan 23, 2020


Police ‘putting journalists at risk’ in Northern Ireland by refusing to share details of ‘immediate threats’
Freddy Mayhew / PressGazette / Jan 22, 2020


View: Charges against Glenn Greenwald reveal the rot in Brazil’s democracy
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva / The Washington Post / Jan 22, 2020

 

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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