Top News:
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
Newsletter theSkimm introduces new subscription service, Skimm Ahead, an iPhone app that costs $2.99 a month, adds event reminders to your calendar — Email Newsletter Startup theSkimm Rolls Out Paid Subscription Product — New iPhone app will automatically place big news and cultural events on people's digital calendars
Discussion:
Nieman Lab, FishbowlNY, @s_m_i, TechCrunch, @theskimm, @alexandernl, Mashable, Business Insider, Vogue and App Store
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
The New Yorker Is the First Magazine to Win a Pulitzer — One year after the Pulitzer Prizes opened up some categories to magazines, The New Yorker became the first title to earn the honor. And, of course, being The New Yorker, it did so with pizazz — the magazine won two Pulitzers.
Discussion:
MinOnline and Washington Post
RELATED:
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Associated Press wins Pulitzer Prize for public service; The New York Times wins in international reporting, New Yorker takes two prizes
Discussion:
Columbia Journalism Review, @emilynussbaum, Crikey, @ipietropaoli, USA Today, @msf_sea, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Poynter, The Newspaper Guild, France 24, @emilybell, @photojournalism, Bwog, Politico, @cshirky, @gabrieldance, @laurenyoung, @peterbakernyt, @juliakmarsh, @fmanjoo, Washingtonian, BostonGlobe.com, @nytimes, @mallarytenore, @kevinroose, @jeffjarvis, @wesleylowery, @offlede, Florida Politics and @petersterne
The Pulitzer Prizes:
Full list of 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism
Discussion:
Press Gazette, @overdrivelibs, @endeavoringe, @nakashimae, @dorothyeroberts, @derekbmiller, USA Today, LA Observed, bookforum.com, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, @markkatches, Business Insider, Publishers LunchPublishers …, Media Nation, The Week, ProPublica, Hit & Run, @billdeblasio, @jayrosen_nyu, @dmunday, @senfeinstein, @samseaborn, @jillfilipovic, @rbbrenner, @moorehn, @profstewartrk, @googlenewslab, @mrdanzak, @emersongreg, @wsjforero, @michaeldweiss, @jbsgreenberg, The FADER, NPR, @pulitzerprize, @newyorker, New York Magazine, The Wrap, LA Observed and Associated Press
Joshua David Stein / Guardian:
New York Observer's food critic Joshua David Stein resigns, following its endorsement of Trump — When the New York Observer endorsed Donald Trump, I had to resign — I was the restaurant critic. I could have carried on writing about crudités and borscht.
Discussion:
Mediaite, FishbowlNY, Jezebel, @brianstelter, @moorehn, @mlcalderone, @jayrayner1 and Politico
Debra Birnbaum / Variety:
NPR, This American Life, and HBO among Peabody Award winners — ‘Real Sports,’ ‘This American Life’ Among Peabody Awards Winners … “This American Life's” exploration of desegregation and HBO's “Real Sports with Bryan Gumbel's” investigation of the ivory trade are among the winners …
Discussion:
The Peabody Awards, The Wrap, NPR, TVSpy, Broadcasting & Cable, @markmemmottnpr and Current
New York Times:
How media and entertainment companies are expanding into VR, through investment in VR startups and VR-based news projects — Virtual Reality Lures Media Companies to a New Frontier — Media and entertainment companies want to help shape the next entertainment platform: virtual reality.
Discussion:
The Wrap
RELATED:
David Pierce / Wired:
Google launches podcast section in Google Play Music for US users on Android and the web — Google Play Will Now Soundtrack Your Life With Podcasts — A decade after their inception, podcasts are hitting the mainstream. You can argue about why (everyone does), but the numbers don't lie.
Discussion:
Official Android Blog, Computerworld, @jrraphael, @pierce, Billboard, RAIN News, The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, GeekWire, Ars Technica UK, VentureBeat and ZDNet
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Netflix promises 100 hours of HDR programming by August, more by 2017 — Netflix just announced plans to introduce more high dynamic range (HDR)-quality videos to its library this year. — Though we already knew Netflix had big plans on the HDR front and that it had recently upgraded the first season of …
Discussion:
Forbes, Netflix Media Center, Variety and The Verge
Nicole LaPorte / Fast Company:
Sources: Apple held secret talks with A-listers at Sundance and in Los Angeles, plans to move into original content alongside Facebook, YouTube, and Alibaba — Apple, Facebook, Google, and Alibaba Take Hollywood — Since Netflix and Amazon proved that outsiders can thrive in entertainment …
Discussion:
Fortune, BGR, Vanity Fair, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and Tech Insider
Natalia Drozdiak / Wall Street Journal:
Source: News Corp files complaint to European Commission accusing Google of leveraging its dominance in search for news articles — News Corp Files Formal Complaint to European Commission over Google — U.S. tech giant accused of leveraging its dominance in the search for news articles
Discussion:
Fortune, The Stack, The Times & The Sunday Times, Computerworld, Bloomberg, Reuters and Ars Technica UK
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Facebook pulls down mega-popular celeb site The Shade Room's page for alleged copyright violations — This post was updated on Tuesday when Facebook confirmed it took the page down for “IP violations” but didn't cite go into specifics. — On Monday, Facebook took down the Facebook page …
Discussion:
CNNMoney, BuzzFeed, @bowbrick, @joshuatopolsky, CNET, @bougieblackgurl, @nezua, @kennwhite, Jezebel, @jbenton, @laurahazardowen, @trevortimm and @dangillmor
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Jay Z, Tidal & Kanye West sued for misstatements about ‘The Life of Pablo’ exclusivity — Kanye West's decision to flip-flop on whether or not his new album, “The Life of Pablo,” would be an exclusive to music streaming service Tidal, has now been met with a class action lawsuit led by consumer tech privacy law firm Edelson PC.
Ann Christy:
How scammers are making thousands of dollars via Kindle Unlimited by publishing fake e-books that are free to buy — KU Scammers on Amazon - What's Going On? — This is extremely long and probably only of interest to indie authors, but it does impact readers who shop Amazon, so I'm putting it here for anyone.
Discussion:
David Gaughran
Accounting Specialist Editor, Remote US — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Asia Credit Reporter, Seoul — 
Senior Social Media Specialist, NC — 
Associate Editor - Aviation, TN — 
Assistant Editor - Digital, NC — 
Video Producer - YouTube, NY — 
Senior Managing Ed. - Daily Desk — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Content Managing Editor — 
Editor, MA — 
Team Editor - Breaking News, ON — 
Senior Reporter & Event Host, NY/CA — 
Associate Editor, Remote — 
Retail Reporter, MN — 
Managing Ed. - Berks County, PA — 
News Editor - UK, Remote — 
News Reporter, MA — 
Multimedia Journalist, PA — 
Service Journalism Editor, CA — 
Content Director, Remote — 
Los Angeles Issues Reporter, CA — 
Reporter - Middle East — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
Senior Media Editor — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Lexington County Reporter, SC — 
Reporter - Offshore Wind — 
General Assignment Reporter, FL — 
Staff Reporter, CA — 
Data Editor, NY — 
