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7:35 AM ET, December 6, 2019

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The Pulitzer Prizes:
Pulitzer Prize Board announces a new prize category for 2020: audio reporting, in the public interest, with “revelatory reporting and illuminating storytelling”  —  New York, NY (Dec. 5, 2019) — The Pulitzer Prize Board today announces a new Journalism prize category for the 2020 prize cycle: Audio Reporting.
Joe Cahill / Chicago Business:
Tribune Publishing's deal to give Alden Global Capital 2 board seats is indefensible; Alden promised not to buy more shares or mount a proxy fight for 7 months  —  As a matter of corporate governance, the deal to give Alden Global two board seats is indefensible.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
A small group of NBC News Digital employees apparently campaigned against a union with NewsGuild; staff voted on the union Wednesday, and results come Dec. 13  —  On top of a “No NBC NewsGuild” Instagram account and a barebones website, employees have posted flyers around the network's office in Manhattan …
Vikas SN / The Economic Times:
Netflix says it is spending ~$420M on content in India over the next year, a majority of which will be on original programming  —  India has emerged as a crucial content hub for Netflix which is facing increased competition in India and around the world  —  Netflix plans to spend Rs 3,000 crore …
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model who said she had an affair with Trump, sues Fox News, saying Tucker Carlson falsely accused her of extortion last year  —  Ms. McDougal, a former Playboy model who sold her story to The National Enquirer, said Tucker Carlson made false claims about extortion that damaged her reputation.
Steven Kurutz / New York Times:
A look at Conde Nast's successful, frugally run, niche magazine The World of Interiors, which has largely eschewed digital and focused on the print product  —  The gold-standard shelter magazine runs on a brass-tacks budget and refuses to kowtow to the internet.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Overtime Sports is raising $40M to attract more Gen Z consumers, offering video on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok and expanding merchandising, events  —  The three-year old startup started as a distributor for high school basketball highlights  —  Overtime Sports Inc. is raising …
Financial Times:
Searches for “Mike” on Bloomberg terminals initially displayed Michael Bloomberg's campaign site as first result; spokesman says results now display a bio page  —  Michael Bloomberg's flagship news and information terminal was promoting the billionaire media mogul's run …
Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__:
[thread] Multiple edits were made to Washington Examiner's Wikipedia entry via a WH IP address, including an attempt to delete “conservative” in a description  —  Some fascinating edits of the Washington Examiner's Wikipedia page from the White House this morning, including removing phrases like “with no evidence to substantiate the claims” about a false story on Muslim prayer rugs at the border. https://twitter.com/...
Biz / Variety:
Several antitrust experts express concern at DOJ taking the side of Hollywood agents in a feud with writers; a key hearing is scheduled in federal court Friday  —  Several experts on antitrust law have expressed concern at the stance taken by the Department of Justice in the ongoing legal …
Joe Otterson / Variety:
Leonard Goldberg, former 20th Century Fox president and ABC head of programming, as well as a prolific TV and film producer, dies at 85  —  Leonard Goldberg, a prolific producer and TV executive who supervised movies and TV series that captivated viewers in two different centuries …
Josh Owens / New York Times:
An ex-Infowars employee discusses why he joined the outlet, its tendency to look for evidence to back up preconceived narratives, Alex Jones' erratic behavior  —  I dropped out of film school to edit video for the conspiracy theorist because I believed in his worldview.  Then I saw what it did to people.
 
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Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
After conservatives decry exposure of some of John Solomon's phone records, a spokesman for Democrats says no records were subpoenaed for any journalist
Washington Post:
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New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani is in Europe interviewing Ukrainians for an OANN documentary series, which is being promoted as a Republican alternative to impeachment hearings
Tim Baysinger / The Wrap:
CBS and Viacom finalized their merger after market close Wednesday, combining CBS with Paramount, alongside Viacom channels including MTV and Nickelodeon