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For its must-read coronavirus coverage, The Atlantic is rewarded with a huge surge of digital subscriptions

By SARAH SCIRE – Nieman Lab The Atlantic had a very good March. In an email to his staff, editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg announced: We have never, in the 163-year [...]

Young adults read the news — but often don’t see themselves reflected in it

By LAURA HAZARD OWEN Source: Nieman Lab A Knight Foundation survey of 1,660 18- to 34-year-olds, conducted by the University of Chicago’s NORC, finds that young adults are [...]

Donald Trump says he may revoke press credentials for other reporters, not just CNN’s Jim Acosta

Defending his decision to revoke a CNN reporter’s White House press pass, President Donald Trump said Friday he may take the same action against other reporters who [...]

Are North Korean media outlets signaling that the regime is getting serious about diplomacy?

A North Korean newscaster reports on the Inter-Korean summit during an April 28 broadcast. Korean Central Television Meredith Shaw, University of Southern California – [...]

Kremlin cracking down on internet to muzzle critics, say experts

As Vladimir Putin starts his fourth Kremlin term, authorities are turning up the heat on popular websites and apps ostensibly to fight terrorism but analysts say the real [...]

Many Agree With Trump That Media Is ‘Enemy,’ Poll Shows

This isn’t fake news: Fewer people now believe that the media is the “enemy of the people,” despite a prolonged anti-press campaign by President Donald [...]

False charges of ‘Fake News’ Are Harming Our Free Press

Information overload fuels 'fake news': study

This article first appeared on the History News Network. The front-runner candidate for the Alabama Senate seat vacated when Jeff Sessions became Justice Secretary, [...]

Russian ‘foreign agent’ media law attack on free speech: HRW

A Russian law that could force international media outlets to register as “foreign agents” in response to US pressure on Kremlin-backed TV channel RT is an attack [...]

Donald Trump back from Asia slams CNN, The New York Times on Twitter

On his first day back at the White House after a trip to Asia, President Trump took to Twitter with a vengeance Wednesday to blast his critics in the news media. … to [...]

Russia to make US media register as ‘foreign agents’

Russian lawmakers raced Friday to draft measures requiring US media outlets to register as foreign agents, saying they could be adopted as early as next week. … . [...]

Twitter Blocks Ads by Russia’s Sputnik, RT

The social media company Twitter on Thursday announced it would block any advertising on its platform from Russia-sponsored news outlets Sputnik and RT. … and publicly [...]

Putin Threatens Restrictions on US Media if Washington Pressures Russian Media

President Vladimir Putin has threatened U.S. media operating in Russia, saying Moscow would retaliate if U.S. officials put restrictions on Russian media in the United [...]

Why are Russian media outlets hyping the Mueller investigation?

It seems that Russian state media is starting to chip away at Trump’s burnished image. Maxim Apryatin Cynthia Hooper, College of the Holy Cross Four major Russia [...]

Trump warns TV networks after nuke report

President Donald Trump on Wednesday questioned whether US news broadcasters should have their licenses revoked, after an unflattering story about his nuclear policy which he [...]

Kremlin warns it may restrict U.S. media in Russia

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is within its rights to restrict the operations of U.S. media organizations in Russia in retaliation for what Moscow calls U.S. pressure on a [...]

The slippery slope of the oligarchy media model

Rodney Benson, New York University and Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania On July 28, Apple heiress Laurene Powell Jobs bought a majority stake in The Atlantic. [...]

Why America’s public media can’t do its job

PBS headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. melanie.phung/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Christopher Chávez, University of Oregon When the Trump administration released its proposed [...]

Trump’s America – the land of the not-so-free press

Photo Source: Wikimedia Ivor Gaber, University of Sussex The Trump offensive – in both senses of the word – against the media continues unabated. The already fraught [...]