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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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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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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
Full statement on Jason Rezaian from Post's executive editor Martin Baron
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Condé Nast launches first Apple Watch app, cooking instructions from Epicurious — Epicurious Brings Cooking Instructions To The Apple Watch With New Smart Timer App — What will recipes look like on the Apple Watch? I'm not sure, but Condé Nast-owned cooking website Epicurious has taken a stab at figuring it out.
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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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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
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Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge:
In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio — Norway will shut down FM radio in the country beginning in 2017, Radio.no reports. The Norwegian Ministry of Culture finalized a shift date this week, making it the first country to do away with FM radio entirely.
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