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6:00 PM ET, April 20, 2015

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The Pulitzer Prizes:
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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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.
Discussion: @nycjim, @palafo and @dgelles
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
Discussion: CNNMoney
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: RAIN News
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Netflix Is Betting Its Future on Exclusive Programming  —  LOS GATOS, Calif. — It is April 9 just before midnight in the war room of Netflix's headquarters here, where the smell of popcorn fills the air and a team of engineers, social media experts and other specialists starts counting …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Fox News' Roger Ailes: NBC should bring Brian Williams back  —  Fox News chief Roger Ailes says NBC should bring back disgraced “Nightly” anchor Brian Williams.  —  “I think Brian's a talent who made a dumb-ass error,” Ailes tells The Hollywood Reporter's Marisa Guthrie in a new profile.
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
Politico plans to double its reporting staff to about 500  —  Policy and politics news outlet reveals strategy to grow beyond US and European operation, which launched this week  —  US-based policy and politics news outlet Politico is looking to double the number of journalists it employs …
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 …
Discussion: @iancarterkm
Wolfgang Blau / Guardian:
Guardian launches international homepage in beta, for readers outside Australia, UK, US  —  Giving our international readers a fresh take on the news  —  Today we are starting a short beta trial of a new international homepage, edited specifically for our readers based in countries outside the UK, US and Australia
Discussion: @wblau and @penelopejones
 
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori's Pay Rises to $23 Million in 2014
Discussion: @mattdpearce
Douglas Miller / American Journalism Review:
Behind “Behind the Bloodshed”, USA Today's 2013 data interactive on mass killings
Discussion: @brannonj
John Brownlee / Co.Design:
NYT Labs developed a smart conference table that records, transcribes conversation around it
Discussion: Curbed National, Thanks:@steverubel
Columbia Journalism Review:
Knight Foundation study: of 14 nonprofit news organizations studied, three have grown, four cut staff, and seven held steady since 2013