Major newspaper company to stop endorsing political candidates

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This sto­ry, plus the Twit­ter-Musk tri­al stalls as pro­posed deal looms, a look at research on alter­na­tive social media sites, how news orga­ni­za­tions are grap­pling with cov­er­ing demon­stra­tions in Iran and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Oct 6, 2022Major news­pa­per com­pa­ny will stop endors­ing nation­al and statewide can­di­datesKatie Robert­son / The New […] The…

EU unveils new press freedom safeguards

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This sto­ry, plus social media app Par­ler pur­chas­es cloud-ser­vices provider, a look into the Twit­ter whistleblower’s hear­ing before the Sen­ate Judi­cia­ry Com­mit­tee and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Sep 16, 2022EU drafts media act amid con­cern over spy­ing, state pres­sureLorne Cook / The Asso­ci­at­ed Press Sep 16, 2022Social media app Par­ler buys […] The…

Election officials prepare to combat misinformation as the 2022 midterms approach

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This sto­ry, plus some Mus­lim groups are crit­i­ciz­ing CNN for hir­ing NYPD deputy com­mis­sion­er John Miller, Condé Nast work­ers win recog­ni­tion of their union and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Sep 11, 2022Fighting bogus claims a grow­ing pri­or­i­ty in elec­tion office­sAli Swen­son, Julie Carr Smyth / The Asso­ci­at­ed Press Sep 9, 2022Muslim […]…

Twitter announces tweet editing capabilities

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This sto­ry, plus Google and YouTube release their plans to com­bat mis­in­for­ma­tion ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterms, RT is attract­ing a new audi­ence and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Sep 1, 2022 Sep 1, 2022 Sep 1, 2022 Press & Gov­ern­ment Sep 1, 2022 Sep 1, 2022 Media Ethics Sep 1, 2022 About Mis­in­for­ma­tion Sep 2, 2022 Sep…

Fox News anchors deposed in defamation case

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This sto­ry, plus a look at finan­cial and oth­er chal­lenges at the Wash­ing­ton Post, Google refus­es to approve Truth Social app for Android devices with­out more con­tent mod­er­a­tion and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries Aug 30, 2022 Aug 30, 2022 Aug 30, 2022 Media Busi­ness Aug 31, 2022 Aug 30, 2022 Aug 30, 2022 Aug 30, 2022 Press &…

DW News Africa with Tomi Oladipo, 29 July 2022

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Zim­bab­we intro­duces shiny new gold coins in a bid to tame soar­ing infla­tion, DW News Africa asks how this unusu­al mea­sure is meant to work, and explores its chances of suc­cess. And: We hear from peo­ple in Ghana, who are suf­fer­ing from soar­ing prices. The coun­try is tak­ing des­per­ate mea­sures, but at what cost? Plus: We vis­it the South African town where taps have run dry

Julian Assange to be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges

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This sto­ry, plus Meta, Google, and Twit­ter promise to take a tougher line against dis­in­for­ma­tion, Karoli­na Waclaw­iak named new edi­­tor-in-chief of Buz­zfeed News and more, all in today’s media head­lines. The Center’s dai­ly brief­ing of media news will be on hia­tus Mon­day, June 20 in obser­vance of the hol­i­day. The brief­ing will be updat­ed again…

A look at how Uvalde’s local paper covered the shooting

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This sto­ry, plus Bloomberg Media and iHeart­Media to release new five pod­cast shows this year, French jour­nal­ist killed in Ukraine and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries May 28, 2022 May 27, 2022 May 30, 2022 About Mis­in­for­ma­tion May 31, 2022 Media Busi­ness May 30, 2022 May 27, 2022 Media Ethics May 29, 2022 May 29, 2022 Coro­n­avirus May 27, 2022 International…