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List of 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners, including WSJ for Investigative Reporting, WaPo for National Reporting, and NYT for International Reporting — The Pulitzer Prizes recognizing the best of journalism and the arts in 2022 were announced Monday. The Associated Press will update the list …
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In recent months, some elite podcasts, like the NYT's The Daily and iHeartMedia's Black Effect and My Cultura, have struggled to fill all of their paid ad slots — 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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Despite big reach elsewhere, on YouTube, Slate podcasts averaged ~75 views/video last week while NPR averaged ~179/video; studio footage drives views higher — Hello and welcome back to Soundbite. Today we'll look at how podcast networks are faring on YouTube and have an update on Sony Music Entertainment's podcast efforts.
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@robgreenlee, @mattnavarra, We Edit Podcasts, @parismarx, @ashleyrcarman, Josh Taylor and Podnews


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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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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Over 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


Memo: Puck News co-founder and CEO Joe Purzycki is leaving, ad revenue in H1 2023 is up 200% YoY paid, 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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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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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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PubMatic launches Activate, which lets brands and agencies buy CTV and online video inventory through direct deals, bypassing DSPs — 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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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


Nexstar, which owns The CW, 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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Sources: in early 2020, Tucker Carlson tried to get Fox's PR chief Irena Briganti fired, making his case to Lachlan Murdoch, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, 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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Amazon launches Amazon MGM Studios Distribution to offer its movies and TV shows for rent or purchase on streaming services besides Prime Video and on airplanes — Amazon.com Inc. is launching a new unit to distribute its movies and TV shows to other media outlets besides its Prime Video streaming service.
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