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11:00 PM ET, May 5, 2014

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Raju Narisetti / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Can the Pulitzer Prizes do more for journalism?  —  The 98th-annual Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board, were announced a few weeks ago by Columbia University.  —  In his 1904 will, Joseph Pulitzer …
Alissa Walker / Gizmodo:
The Reinvented Los Angeles Times Focuses In On L.A.'s 300 Neighborhoods  —  Los Angeles is a big place—400 square miles, 88 separate cities—and it's rare that what constitutes news in one corner even applies to another.  For the first time in its history, the Los Angeles Times is recognizing …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News Mum on Logan's Status At ‘60 Minutes’ Following Report  —  CBS News declined to comment on the status of its well-known “60 Minutes” correspondent Lara Logan following the publication of an article in New York magazine that suggested the journalist's return to the program after making …
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Mayy El Sheikh / New York Times:
A Voice of Dissent in Egypt Is Muffled, but Not Silent  —  CAIRO — CRITICS here called his films “vulgar” and “damaging to the public's taste.”  When the Muslim Brotherhood came to power last year, one Islamist preacher called him “Satan's prayer caller.”  But after two decades of mocking …
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Time public editor Margaret Sullivan says journalists need to be like sharks … New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan says journalists today are like sharks.  “If you're not moving forward, it's over.”  —  Sullivan gave a keynote address at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Peekster, A Shazam For Print Media, Launches In The U.S. At Disrupt NY  —  It may surprise you but print media isn't dead yet.  Hell — some people even like reading ink off of pulped tree.  And that curious fact is something U.K. startup Peekster is intending to cash in on — with an app …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Movie-Ad Companies NCM, Screenvision To Merge In Bid To Steal Ad Dollars From TV  —  The two companies that have made ads on the movie screen as much a part of the process as buying popcorn and watching sneak previews have decided to merge.  —  National CineMedia said it would pay shareholders …
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
No Regrets for the Founder of Tumblr After Yahoo Sale  —  When Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion a year ago, it sent a ripple of excitement — and anxiety — through the tech industry.  Would Yahoo and its recently arrived chief executive, Marissa Mayer, breathe new life into Tumblr?
John Koblin / New York Times:
How little-known luxury and fashion magazine DuJour landed an interview with Donald Sterling  —  For Luxury Magazine, an Unusual Exclusive  —  In the week and a half since TMZ published the now-infamous audio recording of Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers …
Greg Mankiw / New York Times:
Study: a newspaper's slant likely reflects the ideology of its customers, not its owner  —  Media Slant: A Question of Cause and Effect  —  Consumers of the news, both from television and print, sometimes feel that they are getting not just the facts but also a sizable dose of ideological spin.
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Caroline O'Donovan / Nieman Journalism Lab:
The third draft of history: Retro Report looks back at media-hyped stories of the recent past  —  When trying to get people excited about his video news nonprofit, Chris Buck relies on one question to get the conversation started.  —  Do power lines cause cancer?
 
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Jean Marbella / Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Sun Media Group buys The Capital in Annapolis and the Carroll County Times
Cora Currier / Columbia Journalism Review:
2 NOLA journos are being forced to testify in a federal criminal case
Liana B. Baker / Reuters:
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