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    CNN in limbo as Netflix and Paramount both eye WBD takeover

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story After Warner Bros. Discovery struck a deal last week to sell its studio and streaming services to Netflix, Paramount Skydance responded by launching a hostile takeover bid. But there is a key difference between the two potential transactions: While […]

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    Where do Americans turn first for information about breaking news?

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Federal Communications Commission last week approved the merger of two major local television companies, allowing Nexstar Media Group to buy Tegna for $6.2 billion. The deal creates a local TV news giant that will own 265 stations in 44 states. In recent weeks, attorneys general in […]

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    What is your civic personality?

    The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Artificial intelligence is now integrated into not only chatbots but also major social media platforms and search engines. This is raising questions about the effect of AI on the […]

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    How Americans assess health information amid cyclospora outbreak

    The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story New reporting from The New York Times on the spread of information about the cyclospora outbreak is shedding light on how competing narratives and conspiracy theories can take off […]

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    Appendix: Demographic profiles of regular social media news consumers in the United States

    Demographic profiles and party identification of regular social media news consumers in the U.S. % of each social media site’s regular news consumers who are … * Estimates for Asian adults are representative of English speakers only. Note: The other response option was “No, don’t regularly get news on this.” Only respondents who indicated that […]

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    Young Adults and the Future of News

    U.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And they’re more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.

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    Where Americans are getting their news in the digital age

    The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story According to a report by Axios, the White House sent a letter this week warning Politico that it must retract or correct recent articles about Chief of Staff Susie […]

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    How urban, suburban and rural Americans engage in society

    The Briefing ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story Prosecutors this week reopened an investigation into a former Cornell University student’s claim that multiple men raped her at a campus fraternity house in 2024. The woman also filed […]