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James Warren / Poynter:
Q&A with Art Cullen, from the family-run, twice-weekly, 3,000-circulation Storm Lake Times, on his Pulitzer for editorials confronting big business in Iowa — If you know Art Cullen, it's not exactly a surprise to learn his initial words upon watching the livestream of the Pulitzer announcements …
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The Trace:
2017 Pulitzer-winning New York Daily News reporter Sarah Ryley joins The Trace, a journalism non-profit dedicated to covering gun violence — The Trace is pleased to announce that award-winning investigative reporter Sarah Ryley has joined the nonprofit news site's growing investigative team as a staff writer.
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Adweek and @mlcalderone
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
BuzzFeed News earned its first Pulitzer finalist nod, for a story by investigative reporter Chris Hamby recognized in the international reporting category — As is usually the case, legacy news organizations cleaned up at The Pulitzer Prizes this year — the overwhelming majority of prizes …
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East Bay Times, Poynter and Washington Post
The Pulitzer Prizes:
Full list of 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism
Full list of 2017 Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Forbes, The New York Times, and other publishers abandon or scale back use of Facebook's Instant Articles due to lack of monetization — Facebook's Instant Article push is in danger of fizzling. — Many publishers are deeply unhappy with the monetization on these pages …
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@nixxin, @mdudas, @tessthornton, @rafat, @digiday and MediaNama, more at Techmeme »
Lindsey Adler / Deadspin:
The NYT's Sports account sent a tweet critical of the paper's Public Editor Liz Spayd, in response to her column about sports coverage — New York Times public editor Liz Spayd wrote an exceptionally stupid column this weekend criticizing the newspaper's sports section.
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@lindseyadler, @_cingraham, @shakersamman, @fordm, @mikeisaac, The Outline, @lindseyadler, @benshpigel and @nytsports
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Roku TV's new “More Ways to Watch” feature makes recommendations, by tracking what is viewed over inputs such as cable box and digital antenna — Roku today is rolling out a software updatethat's primarily filled with new features aimed at Roku TV owners - the portion of its business …
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The Official Roku Blog, The Verge and Multichannel News, more at Techmeme »
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
comScore: 53% of over 49M US homes with WiFi use at least one OTT video service, with Netflix reaching 75% of those homes, YouTube reaching 53% and Amazon 33% — According to new data from comScore released this morning, more than half (53 percent) of Wi-Fi households in the U.S. are now using …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: Fox News kept renewal of O'Reilly contract quiet as network knew NYT story was coming; contract includes tougher language if more allegations arise — Just as Fox News was moving forcefully into the post-Roger Ailes era with none other than Rupert Murdoch at the helm …
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Mediaite and Washington Post
Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Profile of Brian Stelter, who started TVNewser in his college freshman year and is now the anchor of CNN's Reliable Sources — On March 3, the day Brian Stelter was scheduled to take part in a Columbia Journalism School panel discussion on Trump and the media, he sent his first tweet at 6:04 a.m.
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@jayrosen_nyu, @jasongay, @yashar, @wesleylowery, @saraashleyo, @katebennett_dc, @carlquintanilla, @bypetevernon and CNN
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Time Warner-owned Turner and Warner Bros. launch ad-free streaming service for cartoons, Boomerang, priced at $5 per month — Service is exclusive home for new episodes of ‘Scooby-Doo,’ ‘Looney Tunes,’ ‘Tom & Jerry’ — Time Warner's Turner and Warner Bros. will test the subscription VOD waters …
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Polygon
Chris Roush / Talking Biz News:
Fusion's Editor-at-Large Alexis Madrigal is rejoining The Atlantic where he will cover tech, science, business, and trade — Alexis Madrigal is rejoining the staff of The Atlantic, where he'll write about technology, science, business, and trade. — Madrigal was the technology editor …
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Media Wire Daily, @alexismadrigal and The Atlantic
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Sputnik correspondent Cassandra Fairbanks says she filed harassment complaint with FBI against conservative pundit Louise Mensch — An American social media personality and journalist filed a criminal complaint Monday against the journalist and former British MP Louise Mensch, alleging a …
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