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10:05 PM ET, May 9, 2022

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The Pulitzer Prizes:
List of 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners, including Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic for feature writing and the NYT for national and international reporting  —  Public Service The Washington Post For its compellingly told and vividly presented account of the assault on Washington on January 6 …
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The Washington Post wins the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol and its aftermath  —  More than 100 journalists contributed to reporting on the Capitol insurrection that was honored by the Pulitzer Prize's most prestigious award.
David Folkenflik / NPR:
The war in Ukraine renews calls for The New York Times to return a 1932 Pulitzer Prize for work by Soviet Union reporter Walter Duranty, who defended Stalin  —  The New York Times is looking to add to its list of 132 Pulitzer Prizes — by far the most of any news organization …
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Insider wins its first Pulitzer, for illustrated reporting and commentary, awarded for a comic on a Uyghur internment camp  —  The 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday, with many awards going to journalists that covered inequities in the U.S. around voting and policing.
Rafqa Touma / The Guardian:
NYT removes the word fetus from its Wordle answers to keep the game “distinct from the news”, saying it tried to switch the word for as many users as possible  —  The Times says it tried to switch the word for as many users as possible, apparently in response to the supreme court's draft Roe v Wade ruling
Todd Spangler / Variety:
IAB and PwC report: US podcast ad revenue hit $1.45B in 2021, up 72% YoY, and is expected to grow 47% to $2.13B in 2022 and grow to $4.2B in 2024  —  Listen to this: The podcast advertising biz is continuing its upward trajectory — with U.S. ad sales expected to grow 47% this year to $2.13 billion …
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Sources: Meta is considering reducing the money it gives news outlets and focusing on news content as short videos on Facebook rather than as links to articles  —  Meta Platforms is considering reducing the money it gives news organizations as it reevaluates the partnerships it struck …
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
An NYT investigation confirming that New York mayor Ed Koch was a gay man ignores its own role in the homophobia that in part led to Koch staying in the closet  —  What their Ed Koch feature missed  —  On Saturday, the New York Times published a 5,000-word investigation into the sexuality of New York's 105th mayor, Ed Koch.
Anushree Dave / The Block:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will start letting some US creators test digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram this week, and won't charge for sharing NFTs  —  Meta will start testing digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram this week, according to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
TelevisaUnivision to acquire Pantaya, a US streamer for Spanish-language content, from Hemisphere Media to bolster TelevisaUnivision's upcoming ViX+ service  —  TelevisaUnivision reached a deal with Hemisphere Media Group to acquire Pantaya, a U.S. streaming platform for Spanish-language movies …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
“Open source” news investigations that tie together interviews with eyewitness-provided audio and video are common in Ukraine coverage and test vetting methods  —  NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more striking pieces of journalism from the Ukraine war featured intercepted radio transmissions …
 
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Dirt, an entertainment and culture newsletter that was the first to fund itself solely through NFTs, raises a $1.2M seed to invest in more Web3 projects
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Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Congress considers legislation to block DJI drones from running on US communication networks, effectively killing the Chinese company's US commercial business

Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Apple removes three AI image generation apps from the App Store after a 404 Media probe found the apps advertised being able to create nonconsensual nude images

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

 
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