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Rafqa Touma / The Guardian:
NYT removes the word fetus from its Wordle answers to keep the game “distinct from the news”, saying it tried to switch the word for as many users as possible — The Times says it tried to switch the word for as many users as possible, apparently in response to the supreme court's draft Roe v Wade ruling
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The Pulitzer Prizes:
List of 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners, including Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic for feature writing and the NYT for national and international reporting — Public Service The Washington Post For its compellingly told and vividly presented account of the assault on Washington on January 6 …
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The Washington Post is awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol and its aftermath — More than 100 journalists contributed to reporting on the Capitol insurrection that was honored by the Pulitzer Prize's most prestigious award.
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@pulitzerprizes, @washingtonpost, Poynter, CBS News, @ericalg, @hrcpersists, @michaelcbender, @tracyjan, @costareports, @hamidmirpak and @kendilaniannbc
Todd Spangler / Variety:
PwC/IAB: podcast ad revenue in the US hit $1.45B in 2021, up 72% YoY, and is expected to grow 47% to $2.13B in 2022 and double over two years to $4.2B in 2024 — Listen to this: The podcast advertising biz is continuing its upward trajectory — with U.S. ad sales expected to grow 47% this year …
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MediaPost, TechCrunch, Radio & Television …, AdExchanger, IAB, @iab, @kaelenjones, RAIN News, Inside Radio and Tubefilter
Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
G/O Media says it turned a profit in 2021 for the first time since its 2019 launch, as total revenue grew 45% YoY and digital ad revenues grew 53% — The publisher has faced criticism while shifting editorial direction — Introducing the Adweek Podcast Network.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
The war in Ukraine has renewed calls for the NYT to return a Pulitzer awarded 90 years ago for work by its Soviet Union correspondent known for defending Stalin — The New York Times is looking to add to its list of 132 Pulitzer Prizes — by far the most of any news organization …
Anushree Dave / The Block:
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will start letting some US creators test digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram this week, and won't charge for sharing NFTs — Meta will start testing digital collectibles and NFTs on Instagram this week, according to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
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@mosseri, MediaPost, The Verge, Protocol, The Information, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, @tomaxwell, @minimaxir, CoinDesk, @katienotopoulos, @carnage4life, @matigreenspan, @parkyprakhar, Blog Tien So and Facebook, more at Techmeme »
Ross Barkan / Political Currents:
An NYT investigation confirming that New York mayor Ed Koch was a gay man ignores its own role in the homophobia that in part led to Koch staying in the closet — What their Ed Koch feature missed — On Saturday, the New York Times published a 5,000-word investigation into the sexuality of New York's 105th mayor, Ed Koch.
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@froomkin, @rottenindenmark, @rossbarkan, Abby Tells the Truth, @heerjeet, @jackmirkinson, New York Times and New York Post
Todd Spangler / Variety:
TelevisaUnivision to acquire Pantaya, a US streamer for Spanish-language content, from Hemisphere Media to bolster TelevisaUnivision's upcoming ViX+ service — TelevisaUnivision reached a deal with Hemisphere Media Group to acquire Pantaya, a U.S. streaming platform for Spanish-language movies …
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
The US sanctions Kremlin-controlled TV networks Channel One Russia, Russia-1, and NTV, blocking them from receiving any American advertising dollars — The U.S. targeted Kremlin-controlled media outlets and prominent banks in a slate of new sanctions on Russia announced by the Treasury on Sunday.
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U.S. Department …, @kyivindependent, @hromadske, @axios, CNN and Fox News
David Bauder / Associated Press:
“Open source” news investigations that tie together interviews with eyewitness-provided audio and video are common in Ukraine coverage and test vetting methods — NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more striking pieces of journalism from the Ukraine war featured intercepted radio transmissions …
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@marklittlenews, @jayrosen_nyu, @giselilla and @palewire
Samhita Mukhopadhyay / The Atlantic:
On the eve of Bitch's closure, a look at the evolution of feminist media, whose concerns have been taken on by mainstream media and voices on social media — In the late 1990s, learning about something obscure took effort. You'd have to make your way to the right bookstore …
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@michellemanafy, @kajerstin, @macdowell1907, @joshundasanders, @janmcvicker, @whattamisaid and @thesamhita
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