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The Pulitzer Prizes:
List of 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners, including WSJ for Investigative Reporting, WaPo for National Reporting, and NYT for International Reporting — New York, NY (May 8, 2023) — Columbia University today announces the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes, awarded on the recommendation of the Pulitzer Prize Board.
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Four of the 16 Pulitzer Prize awards went to local outlets reporting on corruption; Spotify's Gimlet Media won for audio reporting, its first Pulitzer Prize — The 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday, with four of the 16 awards for journalism across 15 categories …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Sources: Tucker Carlson wants to force Fox News to let him out of his contract, which expires in January 2025; Carlson and Elon Musk discussed working together — Tucker Carlson is preparing to unleash allies to attack Fox News in an effort to bully the network into letting him work for …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News says 40+ new advertisers came into the 8pm slot since Tucker Carlson's exit and it hopes to bring back a full complement of advertisers to the slot — Tucker Carlson is out at 8 p.m. on Fox News Channel, and the network hopes that a host of blue-chip advertisers that for years avoided …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Some elite podcasts, like the New York Times' The Daily and iHeartMedia's Black Effect and My Cultura, have struggled to fill their ad slots in recent months — The News — Some of the most listened-to podcasts in America are struggling to sell ads as the audio business shifts toward the vast, mostly independent, “mid-tail.”
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David Pierce / The Verge:
How Google's attempt to create a better, faster mobile web for media companies with the AMP standard ended up ruining publishers' trust in the internet giant — Google promised to create a better, faster web for media companies with a new standard called AMP. In the end, it ruined the trust publishers had in the internet giant.
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Anna Fazackerley / The Guardian:
More than 40 scientists resign from the editorial board of science journal Neuroimage, which charges £2,700+ per paper, to protest publisher Elsevier's “greed” — Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Puck News co-founder and CEO Joe Purzycki is leaving, H1 2023 ad revenue so far is up 200% YoY, and subscribers “more than doubled during the past year” — Puck News co-founder and CEO Joe Purzycki is leaving the company, according to an internal note sent from co-founder …
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The Wrap, @jbenton, @heetermaria and @sarafischer
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
LA-based Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment will run a global task force to tackle online sports piracy and will work with Interpol, Europol, and others — Group will work with Interpol and Europol to crack down on illegal streaming of sporting events
Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger:
PubMatic launches Activate, which lets brands and agencies buy CTV and online video inventory through direct deals, cutting out DSPs to remain competitive — The line between the buy side and sell side of digital advertising is getting blurrier by the day. Now PubMatic is crossing the aisle.
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Digiday, @davemorgannyc and MediaPost
Lynn Doan / Bloomberg:
Nick Clegg reiterates that Meta will end news content in Canada if C-18 passes, says he pulled out of a scheduled committee hearing after a session title change — Meta Platforms Inc. said it would end news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if lawmakers pass legislation …
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MediaPost, CTV News, @deancollins, Meta, @markdistef, Daily News, Gizmodo and @tvgrimreaper, more at Techmeme »
David Smith / The Guardian:
Critics question CNN's Donald Trump town hall, set for an hour of prime time on Wednesday, fearing that the mainstream media will repeat its mistakes from 2016 — CNN's Wednesday town hall with the ex-president could be a warning bell for cable news to not repeat mistakes from 2016
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