Mediagazer: Pulitzer board gives a special citation to Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd's murder (Kerry Flynn/CNN)

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Kerry Flynn / CNN:

Pulitzer board gives a special citation to Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd's murder — New York (CNN Business)The Pulitzer Prizes recognize some of the year's most important journalism. This year, someone who isn't a professional journalist, but whose actions had as much impact as any, is among those being honored.

David Mack / BuzzFeed News:

BuzzFeed News wins its first Pulitzer Prize for its series exposing China's mass detention of Muslims in the Xinjiang region — BuzzFeed News won a Pulitzer Prize on Friday for a series of innovative articles that used satellite images, 3D architectural models, and daring in-person interviews …

Alex Barker / Financial Times:

NewsCorp subsidiary News Group Newspapers reports loss of £201M for FY 2020, forcing it to write down The Sun by £84M, as pandemic hits circulation and ads — Pandemic hits circulation and advertising at tabloid newspaper that helped build media baron's empire

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American Airlines to retire its in-flight magazine with the June issue, as travelers entertainment tastes move to electronic devices — In the first issue of American Airlines' in-flight magazine, flight attendants were called stewardesses and business travelers were pitched family fares offering half-price tickets for “your wife.”

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Oliver Darcy / CNN:

In the last 90 days, Newsmax has spent around $1.5M on Facebook ads, even as on-air hosts label the platform “liberal” and condemn “censorship” by Big Tech — New York (CNN Business)If you were to judge Newsmax's views about Facebook (FB) by what its hosts say on-air …

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Dominic Cummings, former top adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, launches a Substack newsletter, promising some info for free, and more for £10/mo — PM's former top aide to offer some Substack posts for free and charge for access to extra features such as Q&A sessions

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NPR, which hosts seven of the top 20 podcasts in the US, says its podcasts now reach 21M+ people every month, with the most popular shows getting 5M+ listeners — From 2015 to 2019 US-based National Public Radio (NPR) saw its podcasting revenue grow ten-fold.

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