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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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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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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 …
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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One Mile at a Time, @dawngilbertson and @harrymccracken
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Sources: Spotify is in talks with Alexandra Cooper for an exclusive licensing deal for her podcast, Call Her Daddy, produced by Barstool Sports, for around $20M — Spotify is on the hunt for another big-name podcaster: The company is in advanced talks with Alexandra Cooper to bring raunchy talk show …
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Wall Street Journal
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
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, @freedomofpress and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »
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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