July 16, 2020

Liberty University sues The New York Times over COVID-19 reporting

This story, plus Facebook to add section to combat coronavirus misinformation, BBC and the Guardian to lay off news staff, and more, all in today’s media headlines.

Top Stories

Jul 15, 2020

Liberty University sues New York Times over COVID-19 stories

The Associated Press

Jul 15, 2020

Facebook will launch a new section to debunk coronavirus myths

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC

Jul 15, 2020

BBC and Guardian blame the pandemic for 250 job cuts

Hadas Gold / CNN

Media Business

Jul 16, 2020

NPR ratings plummet as commuters work from home

Joe Concha / The Hill

Jul 15, 2020

Slack is fueling media’s bottom-up revolution

Steven Perlberg / Digiday

Jul 15, 2020

Want to read a local newspaper on a Monday morning in Wyoming? The last one still printing is about to stop

Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab

Press & Government

Jul 15, 2020

Federal appeals court revives defamation case against MSNBC’s Joy Reid

Mike Brest / Washington Examiner

About Misinformation

Jul 16, 2020

Can an accuracy ‘nudge’ help prevent people from sharing misinformation?

Susan Benkelman, Harrison Mantas / Poynter

Jul 15, 2020

Deepfake used to attack activist couple shows new disinformation frontier

Raphael Satter / Reuters

Online Media

Jul 15, 2020

‘It’s like telling a reporter he can’t have a Twitter account’: Reporters are starting their own newsletters outside of their employer

Max Willens / Digiday

Jul 15, 2020

Apple adds audio to Apple News, along with in-house daily podcast

Sara Fischer / Axios

Jul 15, 2020

Biased algorithms on platforms like YouTube hurt people looking for information on health

Anjana Susarla / Nieman Journalism Lab