{"id":5389,"date":"2023-09-21T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T17:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/archive\/the-briefing-2023-09-21\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T10:27:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T14:27:11","slug":"the-briefing-2023-09-21","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2023-09-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupert Murdoch to step down as chairman of News Corp., Afghan refugees in St. Louis find community through newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing updates you on what\u2019s happened and what\u2019s coming in the news and information world \u2013 and what our data tells us about it. Not a subscriber yet? <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Top story:<\/strong> Rupert Murdoch to step down as News Corp. chairman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Under the radar:<\/strong> Afghan refugees in St. Louis find community through newspaper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Disney reportedly in exploratory talks to sell ABC to Nexstar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Views of investigative journalism in Western Europe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"top-story\">\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Top story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rupert Murdoch announced today that he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rupert-murdoch-stepping-down-news-corp-fox-chairman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stepping down as chairman of Fox News and News Corp<\/a>. His son Lachlan Murdoch is set to become the sole chairman of both companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This change comes after Fox News agreed to a nearly $800 million settlement over a defamation lawsuit earlier this year, although audiences and revenue for the network both increased between 2021 and 2022, according to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/cable-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Pew Research Center analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"under-the-radar\">\ud83d\udd75\ufe0f&nbsp;<strong>Under the radar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/with-new-newspaper-and-new-businesses-afghan-refugees-finding-new-community-in-missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Afghan refugees in St. Louis<\/a> find community through a <strong>monthly newspaper<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A look at<strong> Hasan Minhaj<\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/annals-of-communications\/hasan-minhajs-emotional-truths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intersection of entertainment and opinion journalism<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How an <strong>investigative journalism network<\/strong> aimed <a href=\"https:\/\/gijn.org\/internation-worlds-first-maybe-international-journalism-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to unite publications across borders<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/09\/17\/2023\/medias-political-divide-plays-out-in-maine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">role of political money<\/a> in <strong>Maine\u2019s local media <\/strong>landscape<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After <strong>protests in flood-hit Derna<\/strong>, Libya\u2019s eastern government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/sep\/19\/eastern-libya-orders-journalists-flood-derna-protests-media-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">orders journalists to leave<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Advance Local<\/strong> to build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/09\/19\/advance-gulf-coast-news-site-new-orleans?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosmediatrends&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Orleans-based sports and news website<\/a> after Times-Picayune sale<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/atlanta-news-outlet-aims-for-half-a-million-digital-subscribers-in-under-four-years-66b59edb?st=h5esa33rmzadd4x&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink&amp;utm_campaign=Need%20to%20Know%20newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=274760144&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--kKLm6A3Y6_Dzrz_jsWYW3zjaiBQgEPGNrRt9HQqYf7MEp3CAmrgfAYgNTJR1dzQfnRZoZsBFMHhb7ZnolHmihKlRY-Q&amp;utm_content=274760144&amp;utm_source=hs_email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aims to increase digital subscribers<\/a> by expanding local news coverage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"looking-ahead\">\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week, we look ahead to the potential sale of ABC to Nexstar Media Group. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-09-14\/disney-is-said-to-hold-initial-talks-on-sale-of-abc-to-nexstar#xj4y7vzkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disney has recently held exploratory talks about selling the subsidiary<\/a>, causing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/14\/media\/abc-disney-reliable-sources\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concern among ABC newsroom staffers<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/network-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent Center analysis of industry data<\/a> found that ABC had the largest average audience for evening news among network TV news organizations in 2022, at 7.6 million viewers, although advertiser expenditures for the evening news broadcast declined that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"chart-of-the-week\">\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"chart-of-the-week\">The Global Investigative Journalism Network <a href=\"https:\/\/gijn.org\/internation-worlds-first-maybe-international-journalism-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently examined their history and the history of investigative journalism<\/a> across Europe, Latin America and the U.S. A Pew Research Center survey in 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2018\/05\/14\/in-western-europe-public-attitudes-toward-news-media-more-divided-by-populist-views-than-left-right-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">examined views of the media across several European countries<\/a>, including how well the news media does at investigating the actions of the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/05\/PJ_2018.05.14_Western-Europe_1-05.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67924\" style=\"width:576px;height:367px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity has-text-color has-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Sarah Naseer, Christopher St. Aubin and Emily Tomasik. 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