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Pew Research Center
Journalism & Media
July 31, 2019

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In Today's news:   Bustle Digital Group lays off entire Gawker staff, the Los Angeles Times falls short of digital subscription goals, and CNN plans for new approach to 2020 election coverage.
Top Stories

BDG postpones Gawker relaunch, lays off entire staff




Trouble at the Los Angeles Times: Memo says digital subscriptions way below goal




CNN and Jeff Zucker plot 2020 election coverage and promise things will be different



Online Media

Head of Deadspin, The Onion facing heat from own reporters




John Heilemann, John Battelle launch new politics-focused media outlet



Media Business

View: Audiences are (finally) paying more attention to climate stories




View: How we fact-check in an age of misinformation



Press & Government

Media fight takes on an unusually personal tone




View: The print reader in chief: Inside Trump’s retro media diet



Television News

Fox News closes out July as most-watched cable network for 37th straight month



Media Ethics

View: Hands off the Babylon Bee




View: “When you see me on the news, you’ll know who I am”



International

Gay Star News closes suddenly with 20 jobs lost in ‘great shame’ for LGBTQ media



 

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, Elizabeth Grieco, Elisa Shearer, Galen Stocking and Mason Walker.