{"id":284893,"date":"2026-01-22T16:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=284893"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:49:39","slug":"the-briefing-2026-01-22","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2026-01-22\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC to begin making content specifically for YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0bcbedfeb18ead27 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>This newsletter was delayed due to a Microsoft service outage \u2013 thanks for your patience.<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-edd25484bcb5342a wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Friday!<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6a13c61159869ae4 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-77fba5087d02d8c1 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> BBC announces content deal with YouTube<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> TikTok finalizes deal to create U.S. entity<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> California budget proposal includes no funding for local news<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> 1 in 5 Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results find them extremely or&nbsp;very useful<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-f37f3579ecd54846 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9f64eab65e23d95a wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9b8d2aea4565a5fe wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The <strong>BBC announced a deal with YouTube<\/strong> this week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2026\/jan\/21\/bbc-announces-landmark-deal-to-make-bespoke-content-for-youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to make original content<\/a> for the video-based platform, including news,&nbsp;sports&nbsp;and entertainment. This content will be freely available in the United Kingdom and will include ads if viewed elsewhere around the world.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c15fb68f019a2503 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In the United&nbsp;States, <strong>YouTube is an increasingly common destination for news,<\/strong> according to a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. The share of Americans who say they regularly get news on YouTube has grown from 23% in 2020 to 35% in 2025.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-25b9152d166b9893 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/bbc_news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a separate Center survey<\/a> conducted in March 2025, <strong>21% of Americans regularly get news from BBC News,<\/strong> and about a third (35%) say they trust it as a source of news (compared with 13% who distrust it).&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-097b0fbf87aa7d89 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2579376420100e9d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-745504df31f04940 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>TikTok <\/strong>strikes deal to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tiktok-deal-us-china-eccb46c3bfee4cf3d362a01fe4968a4f\">keep operating in the U.S.<\/a>;\u00a0<strong>Canadian court<\/strong>\u00a0rules\u00a0<strong>TikTok\u00a0<\/strong>can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/01\/21\/canada-tiktok-court-ruling-00739237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue to operate<\/a>\u00a0in the country\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Minnesota judge&nbsp;<\/strong>declines to approve&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/22\/us\/politics\/don-lemon-minnesota-church-charges-rejected-trump-doj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criminal complaint against&nbsp;former CNN anchor&nbsp;Don Lemon<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Judge&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-review-material-seized-washington-post-reporter-2026-01-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">says prosecutors cannot yet review materials<\/a>&nbsp;seized from <strong>Washington Post reporter\u2019s&nbsp;<\/strong>home&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>ChatGPT&nbsp;<\/strong>to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/01\/16\/tech\/chatgpt-ads-openai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">begin rolling out ads<\/a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;logged-in&nbsp;U.S. users&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>FCC&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/fcc-targets-the-view-late-night-new-equal-time-rules-1236480396\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">releases new guidance<\/a>&nbsp;focused on&nbsp;<strong>political equal time rules<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">New media newsletter from&nbsp;<strong>Mediaite&nbsp;<\/strong>launches to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/21\/business\/media\/mediaite-media-newsletter.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summarize other media newsletters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Why the&nbsp;<strong>Pentagon&nbsp;<\/strong>is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/media\/pentagon-taking-over-military-newspaper-stars-stripes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taking control<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<strong>military newspaper&nbsp;Stars and Stripes<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/2026\/01\/america-polymarket-disaster\/685662\/?gift=nuAnfZsL9dUaXCJfygxq4yfO__e6zZ4SfRmLCpoiw_4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasing presence<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<strong>prediction markets<\/strong>&nbsp;in U.S. media&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Republican lawmakers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/wisconsin-gop-lawmakers-ban-public-recording-state-capitol-proceedings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">begin enforcing recording rules<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<strong>Wisconsin state capitol<\/strong>&nbsp;after network that broadcasted them goes under&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">How a&nbsp;<strong>FiveThirtyEight&nbsp;<\/strong>chart&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/ethics-trust\/2026\/wisconsin-election-fraud-chart-fivethirtyeight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fueled theories of election fraud<\/a>&nbsp;in 2020&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-708a7b5063f0cdac wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-98a46c0e26cef10d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b99bd60d7e3d048e wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>California&nbsp;Gov.&nbsp;Gavin Newsom\u2019s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ebudget.ca.gov\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">budget proposal for the 2026-27 fiscal year<\/a> contains <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2026\/01\/gavin-newsom-google-journalism-funding-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no additional money for a local news fund<\/a>. This comes after an August 2024 agreement between <strong>California and Google to&nbsp;spend $175 million<\/strong> over five years to fund local journalism \u2013 replacing legislation that would have\u202fforced Google\u202fto pay news organizations&nbsp;for using their&nbsp;content. Newsom cited budgetary constraints in <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2025\/05\/google-california-news-outlets-journalism\/\">cutting the state\u2019s commitment<\/a>&nbsp;to the <strong>California Civic Media Fund<\/strong>&nbsp;from $30 million to $10 million for fiscal year 2025-26.&nbsp;Google later said it was matching the state\u2019s $10 million.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5f0bf0d1c38f3470 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/05\/07\/americans-views-on-the-financial-health-of-local-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>, <strong>15% of Americans said they paid for local news<\/strong> in the last year \u2013 whether through subscribing,&nbsp;donating&nbsp;or becoming a member \u2013 while 85% said they had not. Among those who&nbsp;hadn\u2019t&nbsp;paid for local news in the last year,&nbsp;roughly half&nbsp;(49%) said the main reason was that they can find plenty of free local news.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b94c5cdcc67416d0 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>In&nbsp;that same survey, we found that&nbsp;a majority of&nbsp;U.S. adults (63%) said they think their local news outlets are doing at least&nbsp;somewhat well&nbsp;financially, down from 71% in 2018.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-117fe985e81ab75c wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d83c911e716ecbe5 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-42882d3f4d3962a6 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>This week\u2019s chart comes from an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/10\/01\/americans-have-mixed-feelings-about-ai-summaries-in-search-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">August 2025 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. Among U.S. adults who have seen&nbsp;artificial intelligence&nbsp;(AI) summaries in search engines like Google or Bing,&nbsp;<strong>20% find them extremely or&nbsp;very useful.<\/strong>&nbsp;About half (52%) find them somewhat useful, while 28% say they are not too or not at all useful.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-4baa2779386a3a50 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>Younger age groups are&nbsp;somewhat more&nbsp;likely than older adults to find AI summaries in search results helpful.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-26821b7697060d3f wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?attachment_id=284900\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e7dfe1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png\" alt=\"1 in 5 Americans who have seen AI summaries in search results find them extremely or very useful\" class=\"wp-image-284900 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e7dfe1; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"420\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png 620w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png?resize=202,300 202w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png?resize=273,405 273w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png?resize=200,297 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png?resize=260,386 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png?resize=310,460 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png?resize=420,623 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png?resize=160,237 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/01\/SR_25.10.01_ai-search_2.png?resize=320,475 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-63caef0319f731af wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7d64086a7c57e1c2 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7b06d7493ef26658 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Joanne Haner, Sawyer Reed, Christopher St. Aubin and Emily Tomasik. It is edited by Michael Lipka and Kirsten Eddy and copy edited by Mia Hennen.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-33b24a687baa2d54 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>Do you like this newsletter? 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