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A list of winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes, including Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, the Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar, the NYT, WSJ, and others — This post will be updated as the awards are announced. — The winners of the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes were announced at Columbia University in New York City on Monday.
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The LA Times wins the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for its series on a USC gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of students — The Los Angeles Times won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for its series of stories that exposed …
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South Florida's Sun Sentinel newspaper has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of the Parkland shootings — The Sun Sentinel of South Florida won the Pulitzer Prize for public service on Monday for its coverage of the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School …
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@carl_hiaasen, @dloesch, @katierogers and @claireatki


The Wall Street Journal wins a Pulitzer Prize in the national-reporting category for stories on Trump's hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal — WSJ team wins for coverage of payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal before 2016 election
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Talking Biz News, The Wrap and Mediaite


Starz apologizes for “inadvertently” issuing DMCA takedown notices for tweets to stories merely reporting about TV show leak, says it suffered a security breach — Facing a backlash over overzealous copyright enforcement, Starz issued an apology for inadvertently taking down tweets to articles about TV show piracy Monday.
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Columbia Journalism Review, @mathewi, CNET, Techdirt, @mathewi, @annemariebridy, IndieWire, @mmasnick, @mathewi and @mathewi, more at Techmeme »
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Twitter removed tweets criticizing Starz's dispute with TorrentFreak, including one from journalist Mathew Ingram, at the request of the company — Starz criticised over Twitter takedown of users' links to news story about pirated shows — A US TV channel has forced Twitter …


Philadelphia news organization WHYY has acquired digital news startup Billy Penn from its owners Spirited Media — WHYY announced Monday it has acquired the digital news startup Billy Penn from its founding owner, Spirited Media. — “WHYY has consistently grown its journalism capacity to fortify the local news ecosystem.
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Nieman Lab, Billy Penn, @ylichterman, @lenfestinst, @alexraestern and @whyy


Quartz's US newsroom is unionizing with the NewsGuild, with ~60 editorial employees delivering a letter to management asking for voluntary recognition — As the media industry continues to search for viable business models, those feeling a sense of whiplash from the economic headwinds continue …
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@oliviagoldhill, @smalera, @leahfessler, @thejoshaust and Talking Biz News


Sources: some publishers say Apple News + has failed to deliver on some of the promises it made to get them on board and is favoring larger publishers — According to several publishers, Apple News+ is off to a rough start. — Five participating publishers Digiday spoke to detailed …
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Sources: nearly half of HQ Trivia's staff signed a petition seeking to depose CEO Rus Yusupov; the startup had ~$6M in the bank but is spending $1M per month — This week's banishment of host Scott Rogowsky was merely a symptom of the ongoing struggle to decide who will lead HQ Trivia.


EU gives final approval to the new Copyright Directive, with its controversial Article 11 and 13 provisions, after 19 of the 28 member countries voted in favor — The European Union has officially approved a controversial and sweeping reform of its copyright rules to protect content creators …
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EU Press Room, MediaPost, TorrentFreak, Thurrott, @asteris, Variety and @junckereu, more at Techmeme »


Twenty years after Columbine, a journalist who covered the shooting reflects on how media unwittingly created a narrative that may have inspired more attacks — But the mythology around killers no longer needs press coverage to spread — Red Lake High School. Dawson College. Sparks Middle School.
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