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Ben Kesslen / New York Post:
The Pulitzer Prize Board rejects Trump's call for it to rescind the 2018 prizes given to the NYT and the WaPo for their coverage of the Russian collusion story — The Pulitzer Prize Board rejected former President Donald Trump's call for it to rescind the 2018 prizes given to the New York Times …
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The Pulitzer Prizes, The Hill, Fox News, @jswatz, New York Times, @cliffordlevy, Breitbart, @blackamazon, @juwanthewriter, @dangillmor, @philiprucker, @davidjoachim, @tomfitton, @douglasblackmon, @jpederzane, @davidcorndc, @jayrosen_nyu, @johnwdean, @jpederzane, @erikwemple, @mzhemingway, @patbagley, Washington Post, @bgrueskin, Insider, Mediaite and Deadline
Chris Welch / The Verge:
Amazon starts rolling out a Prime Video redesign for Android and connected TV devices, with a Netflix-like look, a top 10 list, a vertical navigation, and more — New navigation, a top 10 list, and a very familiar look and feel — Compared to Netflix, Disney Plus, and other major streaming services …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC News' Stay Tuned averages 1M views/episode on Snapchat, has 1M+ TikTok followers, and is planning its first documentary in September and a podcast in 2023 — The show, which debuted on Snapchat this week in 2017, is planning a documentary, a podcast, and a return to YouTube.
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Digiday, TVNewser, @petersontee, @nbcnewspr, @michellemanafy and @andrewrowan128
Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Antenna: new Hulu subscriptions outpaced those of Disney+ in 18 of the past 24 months and Hulu's total new subscriptions beat Disney+'s in the past six quarters — New subscriptions to Hulu have outpaced those of the company's flagship streaming platform in 18 of the past 24 months
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CNN, @trengriffin, The Streamable, @scottdkushner, @msttrader, @rwhelanwsj, @eddyelfenbein and @frankcurzio
Julia Angwin / The Markup:
An interview with Lucia Walinchus, the executive director at nonprofit Eye on Ohio, who recently published a proposal to tax digital ads to support journalism — One of the most meaningful changes in our economy in the past decade has been the astronomical growth in online advertising …
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American Press Institute, @aarongrunwald, @sosayslucia, @juliaangwin, @juliaangwin, @digiphile, @themarkup and @farai
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox Sports says its revenue for the 2022 MLB All-Star Game is up to 30% higher than for any previous game; 25 marketers purchased spots for the first time — Some of the nation's big-spending advertisers are taking a new swing at one of its oldest sports.
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Sports Business Journal, The Streamable and @bristei
Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Disney says advertisers bought a record $9B in commitments for 2022 to 2023; ~40% of spending went to its online offerings, including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ — Walt Disney Co. said advertisers agreed to buy $9 billion in commercials across its various channels and streaming services for the 2022-2023 TV season.
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Reuters, Ad Age, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, Front Office Sports, Next TV, @thewrap, @lucas_shaw, Adweek and @longyield
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Snap launches Snapchat for Web to let users send snaps and make video calls on desktop, and says the average Snapchat caller spends 30+ minutes a day on calls — Snap announced today that it's introducing Snapchat for Web to let users send snaps and chat with friends via video calls all from their desktops.
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Snap Newsroom, CNBC, ScreenRant, PCMag, Neowin, Dow Jones Newswires, UPI, PCWorld, Forbes, Barron's Online, XDA Developers, Social Media Today, CNN, HYPEBEAST, How-To Geek, Android Headlines, Digital Trends, Wccftech, Search Engine Journal, iTWire, CNET, Mashable, Adweek, Tubefilter, @nixintel, The Verge, 9to5Mac, @mattnavarra, @cqcore, @forbesasia, Engadget, Sky News, @dtrinh and YouTube, more at Techmeme »
Matthew Belloni / Puck:
HBO and HBO Max content chief Casey Bloys signs a five-year contract; source: CEO Zaslav made re-signing Bloys the top personnel priority of his first 100 days — Sure, Zaslav and Gunnar have been fleecing WBD looking for redundancies, but re-signing Casey Bloys was a goal of the new C.E.O.'s first 100 days.
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The Wrap, @mattbelloni, The Hollywood Reporter, The Streamable, @great_katzby, Variety, @pkafka and Deadline
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Acast, which lets businesses and users publish and monetize podcasts, plans to acquire podcast database Podchaser, which will continue to operate independently — Acast, the Swedish tech company that helps businesses and individuals publish and monetize podcasts, has announced plans to acquire podcast database Podchaser.
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Mumbrella, Axios, Inside Radio, RAIN News, @kerrymflynn, @techcrunch, @sarafischer, @leandrosaucedo and MediaPost
Kris Holt / Engadget:
Crunchyroll drops prices in nearly 100 countries and territories, cutting the Mega Fan plan by 25% in the UK, nearly 50% in the UAE, and nearly 90% in India — Crunchyroll is changing prices for users in nearly 100 countries and territories, but not in the way you'd probably expect.
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Crunchyroll, Variety and 9to5Mac
Bron Maher / Press Gazette:
Euromoney Institutional Investor, which owns London-based finance magazine Euromoney, accepts a £1.7B buyout offer from private equity firms Astorg and Epiris — The company behind Euromoney, the London-based finance magazine, has accepted a buyout from two private equity firms.
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Financial Times and @pressgazette
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