Jamal Awil

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Corporate acquisition measurably alters local news coverage quality [causal]

LeBrun, Benjamin, Kaitlyn Todd, and Andrew Piper. "Buying the News: A Quantitative Study of the Effects of Corporate Acquisition on Local News." New Media & Society, March 24, 2022.

XREF: Connects to broader research on media consolidation and its democratic consequences. QUESTION: What specific effects did the study measure — content, staffing, or editorial independence?

Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, loc. 1260