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Charleston Post and Courier wins Pulitzer Prize for public service; Seattle Times wins for breaking news — 2015 Winners and Finalists — Journalism Public Service The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC Breaking News Reporting The Seattle Times Staff Investigative Reporting Eric Lipton …
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Don't hate the arbitrary Pulitzers; hate deferential journalists who use prizes for validation instead of finding it in their work — The Pulitzer Prize Scam — For the 99th straight year, they've convinced the American people they matter. — Abandon everything you've ever been told about cynical journalists.
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Andrew Knapp / Post and Courier:
The Post and Courier wins Pulitzer Prize for domestic violence series — The Post and Courier on Monday was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for the newspaper's series on domestic violence. — The Public Service gold medal went to reporters Doug Pardue, Glenn Smith, Jennifer Berry Hawes …
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James Estrin / New York Times:
Post-Dispatch's Ferguson Coverage Wins Pulitzer in Breaking News Photography … The photography staff of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch won the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography on Monday for its coverage of the aftermath of the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Mo., last summer.
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Iran charges Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian with espionage, three other serious crimes — Post reporter jailed in Iran faces 4 charges including espionage — Iranian authorities are charging The Washington Post's Tehran bureau chief, Jason Rezaian, with espionage and three other serious crimes …
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Martin Baron / Washington Post:
Full statement on Jason Rezaian from Post's executive editor Martin Baron — The following is a full statement from Washington Post's executive editor Martin Baron on the charges against The Post's Tehran correspondent, Jason Rezaian. — After nearly nine months of indefensible silence …
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Editor and Publisher:
BH Media Group Acquires Tulsa Area Newspapers — Community Publisher, Inc., ("CPI") of Bentonville, Arkansas announced today that it has sold its six weekly Tulsa area community newspapers and the daily Tulsa Business and Legal News to BH Media Group. — Dirks, Van Essen & Murray …
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Vice, CNN, NBC and ‘Serial’ Among Peabody Winners — Vice News, CNN, NBC and the “Serial” podcast were among the winners for the 74th annual Peabody Awards. — Vice won for “Last Chance High,” a deep look at a Chicago high school with high-risk students running out of options.
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Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Spotify's ad revenue increased 53% YoY in Q1, with mobile ads growing 380% — SPOTIFY AD REVENUE JUMPED 53% IN Q1 — Spotify saw a 53% increase in ad revenue year-over-year in Q1 2015, according to internal data at the streaming platform. — The figures come from the Swedish firm's Spotify …
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Adam Ragusea / Nieman Lab:
SoundCloud doesn't recognise fair-use under US copyright law, removes student's radio story — Journalists shouldn't lose their rights in their move to private platforms — Here's a wakeup call to audio creators everywhere: SoundCloud does not recognize your fair use rights under U.S. copyright law.
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Pandora to Replace 2 Board Members With Music-Industry Figures — Pandora Media is replacing two board members, both longtime investors, with music-industry veterans, the company announced Monday. — Timothy J. Leiweke, the chief executive of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment in Toronto …
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Elveden unravels: After four years and 34 arrested/charged journalists, one conviction stands — It is nearly four years after the start of Operation Elveden and the arrest and/or charge of at least 34 journalists. — Today just one journalist conviction stands: that of former Sunday Mirror …
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Canadian Press:
Government relents, will issue Canadian passport to Mohamed Fahmy — The Canadian government says it's now prepared to issue a passport to a Canadian journalist on trial in Egypt on widely denounced terror charges. — Mohamed Fahmy spent more than a year in a Cairo prison and has been working …
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