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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Associated Press wins Pulitzer Prize for public service; NYT wins in international reporting, New Yorker takes two prizes — 2016 Pulitzer Prizes: A.P. Wins Public Service Award; ‘Hamilton’ Is Honored — The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service on Monday …
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The Pulitzer Prizes, LA Observed, The Wrap, Associated Press, @petersterne, @pulitzerprize, ProPublica, Los Angeles Times and FishbowlNY
Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon to offer $9/month stand-alone streaming option in US in challenge to Netflix; Prime membership now offered monthly for first time for $10.99/month in US — Amazon Ups the Ante on Streaming Video — New stand-alone option for its service is direct challenge to rival Netflix
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Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Publishers say Facebook tells them it is considering testing ads within Facebook Live broadcasts; sources say any product could still be months away — Facebook is promising live-video publishers in-stream ad options — When BuzzFeed went live on Facebook with an exploding watermelon trick, 800,000 viewers watched at one point.
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Adweek, Forbes, @mattnavarra and @taylorlorenz
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
IBM inks video deals with AOL, CBC, more; debuts quality live-stream over ‘commodity’ Internet
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MarketWatch, IBM and The Drum
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery leaks details of paper's 2016 Pulitzer win at party, says the New York Times has won too — Wesley Lowery Breaches Pulitzer Etiquette-Good! — An item in Monday's Politico Playbook seemed scientifically designed to drive older journalists insane:
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Politico, Folio, The New York Observer, The Wrap, Mediaite, Variety, @mlcalderone, @jbarro, @brianstelter, @swin24, @liamstack, @aliwatkins, @emilcdc, @max_fisher, @profjeffjarvis, @rebleber, @johntabin, @nickbaumann, @ryanjreilly, @mlcalderone, @dlippman, @dylanbyers, @katierosman, @washingtonian, @abeaujon, @adamweinstein, @moneyries and The Daily Caller
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube debuts live 360 video, releases API for hardware makers to integrate into devices, also launches spatial audio for on-demand YouTube videos — YouTube rolls out support for 360-degree live streams and spatial audio — YouTube will today begin supporting 360-degree live streaming on its service …
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Fast Company, The Verge, The Next Web, YouTube Blog, The Verge, Ad Age, VentureBeat, Wired, BuzzFeed, USA Today, BBC, Variety, BGR, 9to5Google, Engadget and WebProNews
John Herrman / New York Times:
Publishers confront treacherous online ad business and traffic plateau as audiences count on social feeds to find news — Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic — The business of online news has never been forgiving. But in recent weeks, what had been a simmering worry among publishers …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Politico co-founder Jim VandeHei and staffer Mike Allen reflect on how real-time analytics increase audience influence of coverage — For News Outlets Squeezed From the Middle, It's Bend or Bust — Earlier this month, a couple of inventive young go-getters at Buzzfeed tied enough rubber bands around …
Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by the Authors Guild to challenge Google Books — Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google book-scanning project — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by a group of authors who contend that Google's massive effort …
Greg Gittrich / Mashable HQ:
In staff memo, Mashable's new Chief Content Officer Greg Gittrich outlines his plans and vision for the site — What's Ahead: A Memo from Mashable's Chief Content Officer — I've had a great first week at Mashable. I've really enjoyed getting to know you all by spending time in editorial meetings …
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The Wrap, FishbowlNY, @petepachal, @gittrich, @fieldproducer, @tim_bays, @vivian, @stacymartinet, @rafat, @moorehn and @lanceulanoff
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Verizon tops pack of Yahoo bidders as deadline arrives; Time, AT&T, others drop out as Daily Mail remains in talks with private equity co-bidders — Verizon Tops Pack of Suitors Chasing Yahoo — Telecom giant looks to build online ad business; Time, other potential bidders won't make offers
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Ad Age, Vanity Fair, Newser, @digitalshields, @40deuce, @bryfitz, @smartfootball, Fortune, The Verge, Tech Trader Daily, FishbowlNY, Business Insider, @harrymccracken, @caseynewton, @jyarow and @dmac1
Josh Horwitz / Quartz:
Twitter's new managing director for China worked in state security role, alarms Chinese Twitter users with plea to “work together” with state media — Twitter's new China head was a Communist Party engineer who worked on military security — Twitter's deeper foray into China …
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Hong Kong Free Press and The Drum
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Ryan McCarthy, assistant editor on the NYT's national desk, becomes Vice News editor in chief; other new hires announced too — Vice News names Ryan McCarthy editor in chief — Ryan McCarthy, who is currently assistant editor on the national desk at The New York Times …
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@mlcalderone, Media Wire Daily, @agolis, @jimtankersley, @moneyries and @williamalden
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