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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.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Insider wins its first Pulitzer, in illustrated reporting and commentary, for “How I escaped a Chinese internment camp”, about a Uyghur women detention facility — 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.
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New York Times, @insiderinc, @nichcarlson, @anthony_delcol and @hblodget
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 …
Rafqa Touma / The Guardian:
The New York Times removes “fetus” from its Wordle answers to keep the game “distinct from the news”, and swapped Monday's answer 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
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New York Times, @nytimes, @dougsaunders, Substack, Gawker, PCWorld, @nachristakis, @jamesgleick, @marina_gomberg, @bgrueskin, @chrisstover, @anamardoll, ABC7, @smashdawg, @davidleighx, @marclacey, Fox News, TMZ.com, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Bloomberg and Insider
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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Inside Radio, MediaPost, IAB, @iab, @kaelenjones, TechCrunch, Radio & Television …, AdExchanger, Tubefilter and RAIN News, more at Techmeme »
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
G/O Media says the publisher turned a profit in 2021 for the first time since its 2019 launch, as total revenue grew 45% YoY and digital ad revenue grew 53% YoY — The publisher has faced criticism while shifting editorial direction — Introducing the Adweek Podcast Network.
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@markstenberg3, @markstenberg3 and Talking Biz News
The Information:
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 …
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.
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@mosseri, The Verge, @tante, Hornbull, WWD, @tomaxwell, Marketing e Negócios, @minimaxir, @katienotopoulos, Gizmodo, MediaPost, @carnage4life, @matigreenspan, @parkyprakhar, Protocol, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, Facebook and Blog Tien So, more at Techmeme »
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
A New York Times investigation confirming that NYC mayor Ed Koch was gay 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.
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@rottenindenmark, @rossbarkan, @froomkin, @heerjeet, Politico, @jackmirkinson, Abby Tells the Truth and New York Times
Todd Spangler / Variety:
TelevisaUnivision plans to acquire Pantaya, a US streamer of Spanish-language content, from Hemisphere Media to boost 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 …
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Inside Radio, Digital TV Europe, Forbes, The Hollywood Reporter, The Streamable, Media Play News, Deadline, C21Media, Radio & Television … and Next TV
Sara Fischer / Axios:
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 — Dirt, the entertainment and culture newsletter that became the first one to fund itself solely using only NFTs, has raised a $1.2 million seed round …
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@jarroddicker, @bafeldman, @sarafischer, Today in Tabs, @semaforben, @chaykak, @bigblackjacobin, @pridesai and CoinDesk