Mediagazer: Alex Piper, Fox's vice president of alternative entertainment, is joining YouTube as head of unscripted programming for North and South America (Reid Nakamura/The Wrap)

12:55 AM ET, April 16, 2019

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A list of winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes, including Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, the Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar, the NYT, WSJ, and others — This post will be updated as the awards are announced. — The winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes were announced at Columbia University in New York City on Monday.

Meg James / Los Angeles Times:

The LA Times wins the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for its series on a USC gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of students — The Los Angeles Times won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for its series of stories that exposed …

Discussion: @ronlin, Poynter, @shelbygrad, @joelrubin, @sewellchan, @tianathefirst, @cshalby, @priyakkumar, @matthewlait, @mayalau and @latimes

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:

The Wall Street Journal wins a Pulitzer Prize in the national reporting category for stories on Trump's hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal — WSJ team wins for coverage of payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal before 2016 election

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

South Florida's Sun Sentinel newspaper has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of the Parkland shootings — Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on Monday to news organizations that uncovered instances of malfeasance and outright fraud in President Trump's financial past …

Discussion: CNN, @carl_hiaasen, @dloesch, @claireatki and @katierogers

Marina Fang / HuffPost:
The Capital Gazette received a special citation from the Pulitzer Prize committee for its coverage of its own newsroom shooting in which five colleagues died

Discussion: The Wrap, Sun-Sentinel, Forbes and @joyannreid

Chris Welch / The Verge:

YouTube showed a link and description of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as part of its fact checking, underneath live streams of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire — A fire has broken out at the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral today, and, as you'd expect, many news networks are offering live coverage of the breaking situation.

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Avi Wolfman-Arent / WHYY:

Philadelphia news organization WHYY has acquired digital news startup Billy Penn from its owners Spirited Media — WHYY announced Monday it has acquired the digital news startup Billy Penn from its founding owner, Spirited Media. — “WHYY has consistently grown its journalism capacity to fortify the local news ecosystem.

Discussion: Nieman Lab, Billy Penn, @ylichterman, @lenfestinst, @alexraestern and @whyy

Alex Hern / The Guardian:

Twitter removed tweets criticizing Starz's dispute with TorrentFreak, including one from journalist Mathew Ingram, at the request of the company — Starz criticised over Twitter takedown of users' links to news story about pirated shows — A US TV channel has forced Twitter …

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Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Starz apologizes for “inadvertently” issuing DMCA takedown notices for tweets to stories merely reporting about TV show leak, says it suffered a security breach — Facing a backlash over overzealous copyright enforcement, Starz issued an apology for inadvertently taking down tweets to articles about TV show piracy Monday.

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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:

Vox Media acquires Epic Magazine, which has a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox and 40+ projects in production, says Epic will remain independent — With the purchase of the producer behind Apple's ‘Little America,’ Vox Media is reorganizing its entertainment teams under a new studios division led by Marty Moe.

Discussion: @voxmediainc

Vox Media:
Vox Media announces Vox Media Studios, a programming division encompassing its entertainment unit, podcast network, and the Epic Magazine team, led by Marty Moe

Discussion: @bankoff

Ari Levy / CNBC:

Hulu has repurchased AT&T's 9.5% stake in the business for $1.43B, giving Hulu a valuation of $15B; Disney said in November that Hulu was worth $9.26B — - Hulu bought back AT&T's 9.5 percent stake in the entity for $1.43 billion, valuing the streaming company at $15 billion.

Discussion: Variety, Broadcasting & Cable, Business Wire, Multichannel News, @natjarv, Financial Times, @stevekopack, The Verge, CNET, Barron's Online, @pkafka, @xpangler, Business Insider, @pkafka, Deadline and @pkafka, more at Techmeme »

Max Willens / Digiday:

Sources: some publishers say Apple News+ has failed to deliver on some of the promises it made to get them on board and is favoring larger publishers — According to several publishers, Apple News+ is off to a rough start. — Five participating publishers Digiday spoke to detailed a series …

Discussion: VentureBeat and 9to5Mac

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Sources: nearly half of HQ Trivia's staff signed a petition seeking to depose CEO Rus Yusupov; the startup had ~$6M in the bank but is spending $1M per month — This week's banishment of host Scott Rogowsky was merely a symptom of the ongoing struggle to decide who will lead HQ Trivia.

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Reid Nakamura / The Wrap:
Alex Piper, Fox's vice president of alternative entertainment, is joining YouTube as head of unscripted programming for North and South America

Joe Otterson / Variety:
Apple names Molly Thompson, who led A&E Networks's documentaries unit and founded the feature film unit, as head of documentaries for its new streaming service

Discussion: TechCrunch and 9to5Mac

Hollywood Reporter:
A look at James Murdoch's post-Fox plans, with analysts thinking his new company Lupa Systems will focus on investing in short form content and ad tech startups

James Walker / Press Gazette:
Outgoing BBC Radio 4 Controller Gwyneth Williams has admitted that cutbacks at the station have impacted its programs and reporting

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Vimeo acquires Israel-based video creation service Magisto which has over 100M users; sources say Vimeo paid $200M

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Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
Bustle Digital Group CEO Bryan Goldberg says he expects the company will reach profitability this year with $100M in revenue

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Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company:
Quartz's US newsroom is unionizing with the NewsGuild, with ~60 editorial employees delivering a letter to management asking for voluntary recognition

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Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat:
EU gives final approval to the new Copyright Directive, with its controversial Article 11 and 13 provisions, after 19 of the 28 member countries voted in favor

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Nathan Bomey / USA Today:
Alden Global Capital's MNG Enterprises says it would cut costs and consolidate operations at Gannett if it succeeds in its bid to take over the company

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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
After recording 10-hours of conversation for the podcast Texting Keith Olbermann, sources say the ex-MSNBC host changed his mind and demanded BBC not to post it

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John Ingold / The Colorado Sun:
Twenty years after Columbine, a journalist who covered the shooting reflects on how media unwittingly created a narrative that may have inspired more attacks

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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: TikTok CEO Shou Chew, who has known Elon Musk for several years, has sought Musk's counsel in recent weeks on the incoming Trump administration

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