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Recent anti-Trump rallies have been bigger than the anti-lockdown protests. Guess which ones got more media attention?
“I’ll be honest, uh, I have a lot of things going on,” Trump said, trying to explain his lack of coronavirus preparation.
He can’t make his disinfectant remarks go away. So he’s trying to douse them with doubt.
Hours after President Trump mused about injecting disinfectant, his lawyer pushed misinformation of his own.
They’ve suddenly stopped talking about an unproven drug they touted as a possible miracle cure. It’s not an accident.
The streaming company thought it would add 7 million subscribers. A global lockdown gave it 16 million.
Don’t let Fox News and the president fool you.
“Schools are a very appetizing opportunity.”
Americans are scared and confused about how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. That’s only going to get worse, journalism critic Jay Rosen explains.
Why life during coronavirus will have “a permanent effect on people’s respect for reality.”
Republicans who watch Fox are less likely to stay at home during the crisis than non-Fox-watching Republicans.
But the company won’t say whether it thinks it’s because of a pandemic-fueled rise in streaming.
Twitter and the New York Times are crucial, but advertisers are pulling away. Expect to see that across media.
Carlson, Hannity, and Ingraham served up a triple shot of absurdity.
Airing Trump’s daily “briefings” live misinforms people and undermines public health officials.
Hannity is trying to put his irresponsible coronavirus coverage down the memory hole. Here are receipts.
Page views were up 30 percent last week compared with last year.
Movie theaters are closing, so you can rent “The Hunt” at home on Friday and “Trolls World Tour” next month.
The US needs to brace for coronavirus. But Fox News is framing efforts to prepare as a partisan fight.
It’s a scenario that seemed implausible a day ago. Now it looks like one we could see for big sports events around the world.
It’s Super Tuesday and the coronavirus is spreading, but Facebook is talking about Hillary Clinton’s emails.
Let’s not lionize a journalist who demeaned women on air and in office.
Bob Chapek, who ran Disney’s parks business, is the new boss. But Bob Iger, the old boss — and one of the most powerful people in media — isn’t really leaving.
Another huge newspaper chain just filed for Chapter 11 — which means it’s a good time to hear John Thornton’s $1 billion “venture philanthropy” plan for US news sites.
Competition among the four big wireless carriers kept prices low for years. A plan has won approval to shrink that number to three.
Digital media companies were supposed to be sold to TV companies. Look what’s happening instead.
The impeachment trial didn’t change any minds. Here’s why.
It’s the fourth podcast deal Spotify has done in a year.
Incendiary rhetoric combined with coverage that amplifies it can have real-life consequences.
Disney added 10 million the first day it launched. The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda helped bring in millions more.
Influencers, giant TV companies, and everyone in between gets a cut.
Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe is dead at 104. But now there’s a Baby Nut.
Facebook, Hummer, and Snickers relied on celeb cameos and absurd comedy instead of taking a stand.
“What demographic group you’re a part of has no direct correlation with your talent.”
A chat with the paper’s newest high-profile hire.
Penn National Gaming is buying the online publisher — which can thank sports betting and the Supreme Court for the deal.
What Ben Smith’s move to the paper of record says about digital media in 2020.
If media companies can’t handle complaints about their reporters’ tweets, they should take Twitter away from their reporters.
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