In statement on equality, The Pulitzer Center says they will “deliberately seek to support” reporting projects, newsrooms, and journalists that reflect diversity of audiences →

A stock sale stirred concerns about whether Moderna had sought to jack up the price of its stock offering with the news of a preliminary trial, which was widely reported by news organizations earlier that day. “It’s a crazy, speculative environment, because the pandemic has caused people to want to believe that there’s going to be a miracle cure in a miracle time frame.” —SS

Sinead Boucher, a former journalist and editor with Stuff announced on Monday that she had acquired the company, for one dollar. “Having a stake in our future I think will be really energising for all of us, to direct our own destiny and not a company that’s owned by an international parent who we’re never going to be front and centre of their strategy and their concerns.”

The two white papers in town — the Tulsa World and the now-defunct Tulsa Tribune — mostly ignored the massacre, which destroyed African American-owned businesses, killed 300 black people, and forced thousands more to flee.

“Publishers including Bloomberg, The New York Times and The Guardian anecdotally say they are seeing signs of stronger retention rates from subscribers who have signed up since February and March.” That said, discounted trial periods mean it’s too early to say that these subscribers are less likely to churn than others.

The New York Times was able to pull together its commemoration of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, which took up the entire front page on Sunday, by pulling from 250 local newspapers. A Times managing editor cited the project as an example of why “local journalism matters, now more than ever.” —SS

“It wants to explore short-form audio content that can be surfaced when users ask Alexa for information about topics like news and sports.”

“Another concern…was that some proposed changes would have disproportionately affected conservative users and publishers, at a time when the company faced accusations from the right of political bias.”

“‘The Ickabog’ will be published in 34 installments starting on Tuesday, with one installment released every weekday until July 10. It will be targeted to readers ages 7 to 9 and published as a book in November.”

“The package — you can view the script Amazon provided to news stations here — was produced by Amazon spokesperson Todd Walker. Only one station, Toledo ABC affiliate WTVG, acknowledged that Walker was an Amazon employee, not a news reporter, and that the content had come from Amazon.”

“The move, which escalates tensions between Washington and Silicon Valley in an election year, was made in response to two Trump tweets over the past 24 hours. The tweets falsely claimed that mail-in ballots are fraudulent. Twitter’s label says, ‘Get the facts about mail-in ballots,’ and redirects users to news articles about Trump’s unsubstantiated claim.”

New owners Jordan Bitove and Paul Rivett said taking the company private will allow it to focus on long-term goals, rather than quarterly results. “The harsh realities of the news media business are ill-suited to the quarter-bound short-term focus of shareholders.”