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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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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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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 …
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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, @heetermaria, @sarafischer and @jbenton
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NYT is getting ~$100M from Google over three years as part of a deal allowing Google to feature Times content on its platforms, including News Showcase — Deal covers distribution, subscriptions, marketing and ad products — The New York Times is getting around $100 million …
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@taylor_owen and @emilybell
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
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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Nieman Lab, @hkanji, @knguyen, Digital Content Next, @emilybell and @anupkaphle, more at Techmeme »
Kristi Eaton / The Daily Yonder:
A study in the US Midwest finds readers of rural newspapers are more open to new revenue ideas, like events, than publishers, who prefer ads and legal notices — There's a conflict between what weekly newspaper publishers think are the most likely ways their businesses will generate money …
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@tzmorsy and @nick_mathews
Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Nexstar, which owns The CW, plans to acquire San Diego's KUSI-TV and Channel 51 for $35M, days after eight CBS stations shed their CW affiliations — Nexstar Media Group, which owns The CW and the largest group of local TV stations in the U.S., is adding an independent station in San Diego to its portfolio.
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Rolling Stone:
Sources: in spring 2020, Tucker Carlson tried to get Fox to fire PR chief Irena Briganti by convincing Lachlan Murdoch, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, and others — The host tried to get a top executive canned. It backfired spectacularly … Carlson had grown so furious with Fox's communications …
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
In a letter, Fox News asks Dominion to “investigate and confirm” that the voting tech company is not the source of the leaked Tucker Carlson text messages — Lawyers for Fox News are asking officials at Dominion Voting Systems to conduct an internal investigation after media reports …
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Fox News sends Media Matters a cease-and-desist letter over a series of stories featuring leaked footage of Tucker Carlson, claiming the material is its IP
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