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Ren LaForme / Poynter:
List of winners of the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes, including The Courier-Journal in Kentucky, The Baltimore Sun, NYT, WaPo, Reuters, Anchorage Daily News, and others — The winners of the 2020 Pulitzer Prizes are being announced in atypical fashion Monday afternoon.
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Marc Tracy / New York Times:
The Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica were awarded the Pulitzer for public service, at a time when local journalism is in crisis, and NYT won three prizes
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Hollywood Reporter:
Telemundo chief Cesar Conde to oversee NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC as chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, succeeding Andy Lack, who will be leaving the company — NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell is reorganizing his senior leadership team at the company, marking the first major executive restructuring …
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The Daily Beast:
Sources: Andy Lack was blindsided by the NBC News restructuring announcement, that also put Noah Oppenheim, who was expected to succeed Lack, on shaky ground — Now that Andy Lack is leaving NBC sooner than expected, embattled news exec Noah Oppenheim is “the big loser” and is likely on the outs, sources told The Daily Beast.
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@brianstelter, @kimmasters, @thedailybeast, @marvk, @jimrutenberg and @kimmasters
Digiday:
Sources: YouTube is developing a tool for news publishers to sell subscriptions to their digital properties via their YouTube channels — YouTube's latest olive branch to news publishers extends to publishers' own subscription businesses. — YouTube is developing a tool for news publishers …
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
AMC Networks Q1: net income of $69M vs. $143M in Q1 2019 on revenue of $734M, down 6.4% YoY; US ad revenue fell ~11% YoY with a 30% drop expected in Q2 — The company, led by CEO Josh Sapan and the home of ‘The Walking Dead,’ raised its streaming subscriber forecast and discussed …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Sources: investor group aligned with Donald Trump Jr. and the Dallas-based Hicks family is buying a ~$200M stake in One America News Network to rival Fox News — Possibly hedging against a 2020 loss, the Trump family builds ties to a network that's much more loyal than Fox.
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Amanda Meade / The Guardian:
Google responds to Australia's plan to force online platforms pay for news content, arguing search results are like publishers' posters in a newsagent's window — Google Australia responds to government's move to force it to pay for content by arguing it provides publishers with free advertising
Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN parent company WarnerMedia sends a cease-and-desist letter to the Trump campaign over new ad that WarnerMedia claims deceptively misuses CNN news coverage — New York (CNN Business)A lawyer for CNN's parent company WarnerMedia has written a cease-and-desist letter to President Trump's …
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VICE:
TikTok stars, many of them young and holding down other jobs, are struggling to make money, despite millions of views, due to a lack of monetization tools — This story is part of the VICE guide to 2030. Reach more here. — Keondra is 20 years old, lives in St. Paul, Minnesota …
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@laurenkgurley, Ad Age, @tomkarlo and 3 Minute Tech Bytes
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Profile of Rich Jackson, who led Herald-Times in Bloomington, Indiana until being let go on Wed. and is now living in a Motel 6, blogging as The Homeless Editor — A 54-year-old journalist lost his job running an Indiana newspaper, as well as the apartment that went with it. He moved to a Motel 6.
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Tensions grow between pay-TV providers, TV networks, and sports leagues over refunds, as live sports remain sidelined and customers continue footing the bill — As sports leagues weigh when to restart their seasons, they are talking to health officials, players, talent agents, TV networks, local governments and hotel workers.
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Highly Transmissible, MediaFile and The Media Nut
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney's sheer size, once considered an asset, is now a major liability, as theme parks, cruises, and stores are closed, although some promising signs remain — The entertainment conglomerate's vastness, once its strength, has posed a challenge during the pandemic.
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@tsoh_investing, @carlquintanilla and IndieWire
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Quibi's lackluster launch is a cautionary tale: investors poured $2B into a mediocre platform with weak content that fosters no sense of community — As you may have heard (and may still being bombarded by ads for) recently, a new video streaming service called Quibi launched to much fanfare.
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