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1:50 PM ET, May 26, 2015

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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
Charter to acquire Time Warner Cable for $55B in cash and stock, including debt, values TWC at $78.7B; buys Bright House for $10.4B  —  It's Official: Charter to Acquire Time Warner Cable in Deal Valued at $78.7 Billion  —  Charter Communications, in which John Malone's Liberty Media owns a big stake …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
TWC stock rises 4.33% following Charter bid, Charter shares dip slightly  —  Time Warner Cable Stock Soars On Charter Bid  —  Shares of Time Warner Cable rose noticeably in early trading Tuesday in the wake of an announcement that the New York company had agreed to be purchased …
Time Inc:
Time Inc. Acquires FanSided, A Sports, Entertainment and Lifestyle Digital Network  —  Time Inc. Chairman and CEO, Joe Ripp said, “The FanSided business is an investment in a modern content strategy plus deeply engaged and passionate audiences.  The entrepreneurial and agile FanSided leadership team …
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
Austin-based startup Knowingly purchases Gigaom assets, plans to relaunch tech site in August  —  Gigaom to Relaunch in August  —  Gigaom is getting another shot.  Knowingly Corp, an Austin-based startup, has purchased the tech site that suddenly shuttered in March, and plans to relaunch it August 15.
Associated Press:
Media CEOs dominate ranks of top-paid executives  —  7 photos  —  NEW YORK (AP) — They're not Hollywood stars, they're not TV personalities and they don't play in a rock band, but their pay packages are in the same league.  —  Six of the 10 highest-paid CEOs last year worked in the media industry …
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Sources: Twitter has held talks to acquire Flipboard in an all-stock deal valued at over $1B, but talks are now stalled  —  Twitter Has Held Talks to Acquire Flipboard  —  Twitter has been engaged in an ongoing series of talks to acquire Flipboard, according to multiple sources with knowledge …
Brad StoneSarah Frier / Bloomberg Business:
Snapchat claims 60% of smartphone owners age 13-34 in the US as active users, says they watch 2B videos a day on the service  —  Evan Spiegel Reveals Plan to Turn Snapchat Into a Real Business … Evan Spiegel begins a conversation in the offices of his startup, Snapchat …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News Gets Support From CNN, NBC and CBS in Lawsuit Against TVEyes  —  An important copyright dispute breeds strange bedfellows as a couple of TVEyes' own customers decide to argue the limitations of fair use.  —  How important is the bottom line for TV broadcasters?
Hilary Lewis / Hollywood Reporter:
The Voice contestant Ben Taub used his winnings to fund reporting for New Yorker cover story on ISIS  —  ‘The Voice’ Contestant Used Show Money to Fund ISIS Reporting  —  Third-season Voice contestant Ben Taub is now the author of a New Yorker cover story that about European teenagers joining ISIS.
Discussion: @mylestanzer, @annehelen and New Yorker
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook adds critics' reviews to select restaurant pages in a pilot with seven publications including Bon Appetit, Conde Nast Traveler, and Eater  —  Facebook begins adding critics' reviews to restaurant pages  —  Two weeks after starting to host news articles on its servers …
Discussion: Engadget
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
American Journalist Jason Rezaian Goes on Trial in Iran  —  Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post correspondent accused by Iran of espionage who has been imprisoned for more than 10 months, went on trial in a Tehran courtroom on Tuesday morning, state media reported.
 
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