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The Pulitzer Prizes:
Full list of 2016 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; The New York Times 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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Columbia Journalism Review, @emilynussbaum, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Crikey, @msf_sea, @ipietropaoli, Poynter, @emilybell, New York Times, The Newspaper Guild, France 24, @photojournalism, Bwog, Politico, CNNMoney, @cshirky, @gabrieldance, @laurenyoung, @peterbakernyt, @juliakmarsh, BostonGlobe.com, @fmanjoo, @nytimes, @mallarytenore, @kevinroose, @jeffjarvis, @wesleylowery, @offlede, Florida Politics, @petersterne and Washingtonian
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
The New Yorker Is the First Magazine to Win a Pulitzer
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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
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Nieman Lab, FishbowlNY, @s_m_i, TechCrunch, @theskimm, Business Insider, @alexandernl, Mashable, Vogue and App Store
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.
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
HBO, Discovery invest in VR startup OTOY to produce original holographic content, terms not disclosed
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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.
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Mediaite, FishbowlNY, Jezebel, @jayrayner1, @moorehn, @brianstelter, @mlcalderone and Politico
Jason Abbruzzese / Mashable:
Verizon and Hearst to acquire Complex Media in 50/50 split, for its predominantly younger, male audience; WSJ 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.
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Ad Age, Wall Street Journal, Variety, PR Newswire, FishbowlNY, @jasonabbruzzese, @lowkeyuhtn, @jiandeleon, The Verge and Racked
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 …
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BuzzFeed, @bowbrick, @joshuatopolsky, CNET, @bougieblackgurl, @nezua, Jezebel, @kennwhite, @laurahazardowen, @trevortimm, @jbenton and @dangillmor
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.
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Official Android Blog, @jrraphael, Billboard, RAIN News, @pierce, The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, GeekWire, Ars Technica UK, VentureBeat and ZDNet
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.
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 …
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BGR, Vanity Fair, Tech Insider, AppleInsider, MacRumors and 9to5Mac
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
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Bloomberg, Computerworld, The Stack, The Times & The Sunday Times, Reuters and Ars Technica UK
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, Washington Blade, @starjonesesq, @mharrisperry, @perlmutations, @ellemagazine, @jamilsmith and TVNewser
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Bill Cosby's lawyers push New York Magazine to turn over transcripts, unpublished material from July 2015 cover story featuring his alleged victims — Bill Cosby: New York Magazine Has Waived Right to Withhold Interviews With Rape Accusers — The entertainer demands unpublished material …
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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FishbowlNY, Fortune, Quartz, Street Fight, Reuters, 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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Bloomberg, USA Today, AdExchanger, DSLreports, Vanity Fair, @caseynewton, Fortune, The Verge, Ad Age, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily, Newser and @40deuce
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