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Full list of Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism — 2016 Pulitzer Prizes — Public Service Associated Press For an investigation of severe labor abuses tied to the supply of seafood to American supermarkets and restaurants, reporting that freed 2,000 slaves, brought perpetrators to justice and inspired reforms.
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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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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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Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Verizon and Hearst to jointly acquire Complex Media; Wall Street Journal reports the deal values Complex at $250M-$300M — Verizon and Hearst miss memo on doomed digital media, buy Complex Media — After a week of bad news, digital media scores a win. — Verizon and Hearst have joined forces …
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Variety, Ad Age, TechCrunch, PR Newswire, FishbowlNY, Wall Street Journal, The Verge and Racked
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
Facebook pulls down mega-popular celeb site The Shade Room's page without explanation — On Monday, Facebook took down the Facebook page for celebrity news and gossip site The Shade Room. The page, which was verified, has (had?) more than 4.4 million likes.
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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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Melissa Harris-Perry becoming Elle.com editor at large — Two months after a public dispute and departure from MSNBC, Melissa Harris-Perry is joining Elle.com as an editor at large. — Harris-Perry will write columns, host videos and conduct interviews for the web site, beginning later this week.
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ELLE, @mharrisperry, @perlmutations, @ellemagazine, @jamilsmith and TVNewser
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.
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court declines appeal by the Authors Guild to challenge Google Books, leaving in place the 2015 ruling in favor of Google, and ending the copyright suit — Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google book-scanning project — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge …
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Wall Street Journal:
Netflix net subscriber growth was better than expected with 2.23M in US and 4.51M overseas, but company gave weak guidance; stock down about 10% after hours — Netflix Adds More Users Than Expected — Shares fall in after-hours trading on lackluster outlook for current period
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Fortune, TechCrunch, Ad Age, Hollywood Reporter, VentureBeat, The Wrap, VentureBeat, @bryfitz, USA Today, Broadcasting & Cable and Deadline
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, AdExchanger, Forbes, @mattnavarra and @taylorlorenz
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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
Alex Sherman / Bloomberg:
Sources: YP Holdings, once called YellowPages.com, plans first-round Yahoo bid as it works with Goldman Sachs on strategic options — YP Plans First-Round Bid for Yahoo — Online directory said working with Goldman Sachs on strategy — YP Holdings separated from Yellow Pages print business in 2015
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Business Insider and Forbes
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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
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Vanity Fair, Fortune, Ad Age, The Verge, Newser, @40deuce, Tech Trader Daily, Business Insider, @digitalshields, FishbowlNY, @smartfootball and @bryfitz
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Crackle, Sony's free, ad-supported streaming network, will launch on Comcast's Xfinity On Demand on April 20 — Comcast to Launch Sony's Crackle on Xfinity On Demand — Crackle, Sony Pictures Television's ad-supported streaming entertainment network, will become available on Comcast's Xfinity …
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Fast Company, Broadcasting & Cable, Ad Age, Adweek and Home Media Magazine
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