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Kerry Flynn / CNN:
Pulitzer board gives a special citation to Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd's murder — New York (CNN Business)The Pulitzer Prizes recognize some of the year's most important journalism. This year, someone who isn't a professional journalist, but whose actions had as much impact as any, is among those being honored.
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David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
BuzzFeed News wins its first Pulitzer Prize for its series exposing China's mass detention of Muslims in the Xinjiang region — BuzzFeed News won a Pulitzer Prize on Friday for a series of innovative articles that used satellite images, 3D architectural models, and daring in-person interviews …
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Alex Barker / Financial Times:
NewsCorp subsidiary News Group Newspapers reports loss of £201M for FY 2020, forcing it to write down The Sun by £84M, as pandemic hits circulation and ads — Pandemic hits circulation and advertising at tabloid newspaper that helped build media baron's empire
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@chassnews, Bloomberg, The Guardian, The Wrap, Telegraph, @thattimwalker, @janinegibson, @bgrueskin, @bondhack and @michaelsocolow
Washington Post:
New reporting on the possible origins of the coronavirus has led to news outlets amending headlines and stories from last year with softer language — Early last year, New York Times science writer Donald G. McNeil Jr. reported on a controversial theory about the coronavirus that had begun …
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Fox News, First Draft, Vanity Fair, National Review, @matthewkeyslive, @joshtpm, @billhanage, Media Nation, @alexanderrusso, @ryanchittum and The Atlantic
Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Sources: Sinclair is raising $250M for a sports streaming service set to launch next year, aiming to charge $23/month in markets where it owns broadcast rights — Sinclair Broadcast Group is quietly raising money for a new service to stream Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association …
Columbia Journalism Review:
New DOJ guidelines meant to protect journalists are unclear about whether bloggers, newsletter authors, or independent journalists will be covered — First implemented in 1970, the Department of Justice's news-media guidelines were meant to restrict the use of certain investigatory tools …
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The Atlantic, Committee to Protect …, Press Watch, Gizmodo and @freedomofpress, more at Techmeme »
Elizabeth Shilpa / WAN-IFRA:
NPR, which hosts seven of the top 20 podcasts in the US, says its podcasts now reach 21M+ people every month, with the most popular shows getting 5M+ listeners — From 2015 to 2019 US-based National Public Radio (NPR) saw its podcasting revenue grow ten-fold.
The Guardian:
Dominic Cummings, former top adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, launches a Substack newsletter, promising some info for free, and more for £10/mo — PM's former top aide to offer some Substack posts for free and charge for access to extra features such as Q&A sessions
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New Statesman and Insider
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Google commits to involve UK's competition and privacy regulators in the development of its Privacy Sandbox proposals to replace third-party cookies on Chrome — - Google will give the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority a say in its plans to replace third-party cookies on Chrome.
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Wall Street Journal, GOV.UK, The Keyword, AdExchanger, Daily Herald, @carnage4life, TechCrunch, @wsj, Fortune, Engadget and Insider, more at Techmeme »
Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide:
Sony Music to disregard unrecouped balances for heritage catalog artists; artists who last received an advance before 2000 to receive streaming, other royalties — Sony Music has today (June 11) made an announcement that will be talked about by the music business for years to come.
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The Guardian, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Entertainment, BBC, @ceoleeparsons, @sammyandrews, @getalternative, @braydonstachel, Billboard, @jahhills, Pitchfork, @gaz_alpha and @johnjurg
Dawn Gilbertson / USA Today:
American Airlines to retire its in-flight magazine with the June issue, as travelers entertainment tastes move to electronic devices — In the first issue of American Airlines' in-flight magazine, flight attendants were called stewardesses and business travelers were pitched family fares offering half-price tickets for “your wife.”
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