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6:45 AM ET, April 27, 2016

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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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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
How Tribune Publishing's non-executive chairman, Michael Ferro, who has virtually no media experience, is expanding his control of the company's board
Wall Street Journal:
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 …
Peter Sterne / Politico:
Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith resigns after paper prevented him from writing about Sheldon Adelson and another casino owner, Steve Wynn  —  Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist resigns  —  Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist John L. Smith resigned from the paper on Tuesday …
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.
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.
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  —  Twitter's woes continue on Q1 sales of $595M, a sluggish 310M MAUs and weak guidance  —  Twitter reported its Q1 earnings today, and they're not great.
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Barnes & Noble's Longtime Leader, Leonard Riggio, Is Stepping Down  —  When Leonard Riggio bought Barnes & Noble in 1971, it consisted of a single struggling store in Manhattan.  Over time, with swagger and an unwavering belief in the value of physical bookstores, he turned it into the country's largest bookselling chain.
Mike Farrell / Multichannel News:
AT&T Loses 54K Video Customers in Q1  —  328K DirecTV additions can't offset U-Verse TV declines  —  AT&T lost a total of 54,000 video subscribers in the first quarter, as increases at its DirecTV satellite TV service couldn't overcome continued declines at its U-Verse TV offering.
Colin Lecher / The Verge:
How FCC's reallocation of TV spectrum to the wireless industry over the next few years will work  —  How the FCC's massive airwaves auction will change America — and your phone service  —  The system that underpins wireless communication in the United States is about to dramatically change.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
YouTube capturing only a sliver of TV ad spending, with higher CPMs and content quality among the major concerns for advertisers  —  YouTube's Quest for TV Advertising Dollars  —  While the Google platform has had the most success siphoning off some TV ad spending, its challenges offer a cautionary tale for Facebook, Twitter
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Turner Broadcasting to launch ad-free subscription streaming video service, FilmStruck, aimed at film nerds this fall; price still being determined  —  Time Warner's Turner Appeals to Film Nerds With Web-Only Service  —  Ad-free FilmStruck will be managed by Turner Classic Movies
Ivana Kottasova / CNNMoney:
DisneyLife goes offline in China after just 5 months  —  Just five months after its launch, a streaming video service offered by Alibaba and Disney has gone offline in China.  —  A spokesperson for Alibaba said the service was “undergoing maintenance” and that customers were being refunded.
 
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Pamela Wasserstein takes over as CEO at New York Media as it grows its digital properties and launches Select All, a new tech and culture site led by Max Read
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New York Times plans to close Paris editing and press operations, eliminating or relocating up to 70 jobs
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Alex Spence / Politico:
Alan Rusbridger appointed chair of Oxford University's Reuters Institute for Study of Journalism
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Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Paresh Dave / Wired:
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Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November
 
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