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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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Kelly McBride / Poynter:
With Arianna Huffington on the Uber board, the Huffington Post must manage both actual and perceived conflicts of interest — Ask the ethicist: Should Arianna Huffington sit on Uber's board? — Arianna Huffington was announced as the newest member of Uber's board of directors today …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg to leave DreamWorks if Comcast deal goes through; latest proxy statement says he would get $21.9M if company is sold — Katzenberg to Leave DreamWorks If Comcast Deal Is Completed — Jeffrey Katzenberg has headed DreamWorks Animation since IPO in 2004
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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 …
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Comcast in talks to buy DreamWorks Animation for $3B+, would likely merge DreamWorks with Universal Pictures
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Glenn Peoples / Billboard:
Spotify buys CrowdAlbum, which aggregates photos and video from live events and was founded by Tracy Chan, a former head of YouTube analytics — Spotify Acquires CrowdAlbum, An Aggregator of Social Data From Live Events — EMAIL ME — Photos and videos shared via social media …
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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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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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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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Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Vox Media names ex-Rosetta Stone CEO Stephen Swad as CFO; ex-Yahoo President Susan Decker joins board — Vox Media Names First CFO, Adds Former Yahoo President to Board — Appointments put media veterans in management, oversight roles — No immediate plans for IPO, CEO Jim Bankoff says in interview
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Twitter's user growth problems become ad revenue issue as firm struggles to compete with new products like Snapchat, lacks scale to take on Facebook, Google — Twitter is going to have a hard time fixing its ad problem — For the last couple of years, two things about the Twitter narrative …
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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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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
Gannett CEO Robert Dickey says Tribune Publishing papers would be regional anchors, cost cuts likely to come from printing and distribution if sale goes through — Here's what Gannett would do with Tribune's major newspapers — Michael Ferro, the primary shareholder of Tribune Publishing …
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