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Sources: Comcast in talks to buy DreamWorks Animation for $3B+, would likely merge DreamWorks with Universal Pictures — Comcast in Talks to Buy DreamWorks for More Than $3 Billion — Deal would join DreamWorks with Comcast's Universal Pictures — Comcast Corp. is in talks …
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast Q1: beats expectations with revenue up 5.3% to $18.79B, profit up to $2.13B, adds 53K video customers — Comcast Profit Tops Estimates — Cable giant continues to add video customers despite weak pay-TV market — Comcast Corp. reported better-than-expected financial results …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Arianna Huffington joins Uber's board, raising questions about Huffington Post editorial boundaries despite her recusing herself from coverage of Uber — Arianna Huffington is an Uber board member: Huh? — Editors in chief of news organizations are well advised to steer clear of corporate entanglements.
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Esquire removes satirical article by “Prof. Jeff Jarvis” after request from real Jeff Jarvis — Esquire removes satirical article after criticism — Late on Tuesday night, Esquire.com removed a satirical article written by Rurik Bradbury that it had published online earlier in the day.
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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Tribune Publishing's Michael Ferro criticizes Gannett for pressing for board decision on $400M takeover bid before he can unveil strategic plan on May 4 — Tribune Publishing Chairman Michael Ferro says Gannett is ‘trying to steal the company’ — Chicago's Tribune Tower.
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
YouTube debuts non-skippable, 6-second Bumper ad unit, to complement existing ad formats — YouTube introduces six-second Bumper ads — YouTube announced a new ad format today that's all about brevity. — In a blog post, Product Manager Zach Lupei said YouTube has been exploring formats …
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Alex Weprin / Politico:
Former MSNBC anchor Alex Wagner joins The Atlantic as senior editor, will also play role in live events and video projects — Alex Wagner leaves MSNBC for The Atlantic — Former MSNBC anchor Alex Wagner is leaving the channel to join The Atlantic as senior editor, the magazine announced Tuesday morning.
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Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:
Google is letting the TV show ‘Silicon Valley’ post fake news to search results — If you search “Silicon Valley” or “Silicon Valley HBO” on Google, you'll find some nuggets about Stanford's damaged robots, Hooli's soaring stock price, and an unexpected CEO change at Pied Piper.
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Digiday, Silicon Valley Business …, AndroidHeadlines.com, CNET, @amywebb, Fortune and The Next Web
Casey Newton / The Verge:
None of the changes Twitter made over the past year have broadened the appeal of the core service — Nothing Twitter is doing is working — Twitter reported its first-quarter earnings today, and they came in under expectations: the company's haul of $595 million was less than the $607.8 million …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter reports mixed Q1 with $595M in revenue, up 36% YoY but less than $608M expected, 310M MAUs, up 3% YoY; stock drops 13%+ after hours
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Source: Facebook is offering some content creators around $250K for 20 live video posts per month over a three-month period — As Social Shifts To Video, Content Creators Win Power And Dollars — The social platforms are all competing for quality video, but only a select few can deliver it.
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Business Insider, Wall Street Journal and @kantrowitz
Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
Sources: Amazon Studios is in early-stage talks with VR companies about making original VR content — Amazon in Talks to Create Virtual Reality Content (Exclusive) — Amazon is in talks with virtual-reality companies about developing original virtual-reality content, multiple people familiar with the matter told TheWrap.
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Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
Apple Music now has 13 million paying subscribers, up from 11 million in February — Alongside its announcement of Apple's quarterly earnings, its first revenue decline since 2003, Apple has also announced latest numbers for Apple Music, its $9.99 per month streaming music service.
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