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9:40 AM ET, April 21, 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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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.
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
2015 Pulitzer winner Rob Kuznia now works in PR because he couldn't make a living in journalism  —  One of Today's Pulitzer Prize Winners Left Journalism Because It Couldn't Pay His Rent.  Now He's in PR.  —  A Bot Made Millions on Wall Street by Reading Tweets.  It Also Ate This Guy's Lunch.
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jon Stewart Sets August 6 As Departure Date From ‘Daily Show’  —  Jon Stewart now has a firm departure date from Comedy Central's “The Daily Show.”  The comic announced on Monday's broadcast of the program that he will leave the show after its August 6th broadcast.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Vice launches personal finance YouTube show, “The Business of Life”, with journalist Michael C. Moynihan  —  Vice News to Bow Personal-Finance Show for Millennials, Sponsored by Bank of America  —  Vice News this week will launch a personal-finance talk show on YouTube …
Sky News:
Sky Reports Near-70% Rise In New Customers  —  Fortitude was Sky Atlantic's most successful original drama  —  Sky has announced a big rise in new customer numbers, alongside financial results showing growth in both revenue and profits for its first nine months.
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Kate Holton / Reuters:
Sky reports £1.03B operating profit in Q3, up 20% YoY, sends shares to 14-year high  —  Sky see potential for further price rises as loyalty stays strong  —  (Reuters) - Pay-TV group Sky (SKYB.L) believes its customers will accept higher prices, it said on Tuesday after reporting …
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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Laura Bult / NY Daily News:
HBO orders Williamsburg bar Videology to stop screening ‘Game of Thrones’  —  Lawyers are coming.  —  HBO unleashed “A Song of Ice and Fire” on Brooklyn bar Videology, ordering the rental shop, screening room and watering hole to stop weekly “Game of Thrones” showings.
Financial Times:
Financial Times taps FT Group data to bring readers premium emerging markets intelligence  —  20 April 2015: The Financial Times today launches EM Squared, a data-driven news and analysis service focused on emerging markets.  Created in response to strong demand for emerging markets coverage …
Oliver Wright / The Independent:
Rupert Murdoch berated Sun journalists for not doing enough to attack Ed Miliband and stop him getting to No 10  —  Rupert Murdoch berated Sun journalists for not doing enough to attack Ed Miliband and stop him winning the general election  —  Rupert Murdoch berated journalists …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Publishers take ad-targeting cues for Facebook posts  —  Facebook has been enlarging its role in the publishing ecosystem, from trying to handle publishers' ad targeting to its controversial pitch to getting them to post their articles directly to the social network.  —  Now comes interest targeting.
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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George Brock:
Facebook's director of news and global media partnerships, Andy Mitchell, deflects questions about the social giant's role as a gatekeeper of news  —  Andy Mitchell and Facebook's weird state of denial about news  —  Andy Mitchell, Facebook's director of of news and global media partnerships …
 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
X raises US Premium+ prices by 37.5% to $22 per month, starting on December 21, and EU prices from €16 to €21 per month; the basic subscription still costs $3

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