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8:00 PM ET, May 6, 2024

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Ren LaForme / Poynter:
2024 Pulitzer Prize winners: NYT for Investigative Reporting, WaPo and Reuters for National Reporting, and NYT for International Reporting for Oct. 7 coverage  —  A live list of the winners of journalism's top honor, including links to the winning stories.  —  The winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes …
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Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Lookout Santa Cruz, a digital-only local news outlet, won the breaking news reporting Pulitzer for its 2023 California floods coverage; Reuters won two prizes  —  Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, taking home the national reporting award for a series of investigations …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
NYT and WaPo won three Pulitzers each; the prize for public service went to ProPublica for its coverage of Justice Clarence Thomas' financial entanglements  —  The prize for public service went to ProPublica for coverage of the Supreme Court.  The Pulitzer board also issued a special citation for journalists covering the Middle East.
Perri Ormont Blumberg / New York Times:
Memo: Condé Nast and the union representing staff at Vogue, Vanity Fair, and others reach a tentative deal for a first contract after over a year of bargaining  —  The company on Monday reached a tentative contract agreement with unionized employees who said they were willing …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Condé Nast's tentative agreement to contract terms came after the union leaders had explicitly threatened to stage a picket line at the 2024 Met Gala  —  After more than a year of talks, Condé Nast management inked an employment pact with hundreds of union workers at Vogue …
Ben Smith / Semafor:
Q&A with NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn, who says polling shows “democracy” is not a prime concern warranting top coverage, while immigration and the economy are  —  I stopped by Joe Kahn's modest office in the New York Times newsroom Thursday to ask him what some of his readers want to know …
Wall Street Journal:
Kim Godwin steps down as ABC News' president, a role she has held since 2021, and says she will “retire from broadcast journalism”; no successor has been named  —  ABC News President Kim Godwin stepped down Sunday night, months after a corporate restructuring that effectively stripped away much of her management autonomy.
Reuters:
Al Jazeera source and Israeli official: police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office, following a government shutdown order  —  Israeli police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office on Sunday following a government decision …
Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, aka Mr. Beast, parts ways with management company Night Media and is increasingly taking personal control of his business  —  The dominant YouTuber MrBeast is parting ways with his high-profile talent management company.  —  Jimmy Donaldson …
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
A viral Politico story on Democratic donors funding the pro-Palestine protests against Joe Biden is full of inaccuracies; Politico issued some corrections  —  After Rolling Stone reached out, Politico corrected its story to note that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation does not fund the groups it claimed
Sabela Ojea / Wall Street Journal:
Simon & Schuster acquires Dutch publisher Veen Bosch & Keuning, its first deal for a non-English book publisher; VBK will maintain its editorial independence  —  VBK to operate as an autonomous division and maintain its editorial independence  —  Simon & Schuster is acquiring Dutch …
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
Twitch streamers are growing their audiences as they stream student protests, and some viewers and protesters see them as more trustworthy than traditional news  —  Live-streamers are amassing audiences through real-time coverage of student encampments and police crackdowns.
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Matt Cooper / University of Oregon:
A group of researchers say Twitch is increasingly becoming a news source, and traditional news outlets could use it for added income and audience engagement
Ben Strauss / Washington Post:
A profile of ESPN's First Take host Stephen A. Smith, whose longevity and uncanny ability to deliver opinions made him the most famous talking head in sports  —  Sports, politics, sex, SpongeBob: There's nothing ESPN's biggest star won't argue about — as long as you keep listening.
Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
UK film and TV execs say the industry is struggling to recover from the Hollywood strikes and the spending contractions among UK broadcasters and US streamers  —  Last year's strikes across the Atlantic and financial issues facing UK broadcasters have marred a blooming industry
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