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Comcast buys DreamWorks for $3.8B in cash, $41 a share; total equity value of deal, including debt, is $4.1B — NBCUniversal to Acquire DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 Billion … NBCUniversal has set a deal to buy DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion in cash.
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Sources: Snapchat hits 10B daily video views, up from 8B in February; over a third of daily users create Stories — Snapchat User Content Fuels Jump to 10 Billion Daily Video Views — More than a third of daily users said to create snap stories — Daily video views increase from 8 billion in February
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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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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Viacom Q2 revenue falls 3% to $3B, compared to $3.08B in same period last year — Viacom Q2 Revenue Dips 3% on Ad Shortfalls, Film Unit Operating Loss … Viacom Inc. said revenue dipped slightly its fiscal second quarter fell 3% as its U.S. media networks grappled with ratings declines …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Elizabeth Denham, ex-British Columbia information commissioner who led major investigation into Facebook's privacy controls, named UK information commissioner — Canadian who took on Facebook named UK information commissioner — Commons culture, media and sport committee confirms Elizabeth Denham in £140,000-a-year role
Alan John Koshy / Reuters:
Time Warner Cable Q2 revenue rises to $6.19B from $5.78B a year earlier, adds 21K video customers, 9K below average estimate — Time Warner Cable's data subscriptions rise more than expected — Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC.N), which is in the process of being bought by Charter Communications Inc …
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Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:
Profile of media startup Odyssey, which has 10K+ unpaid young writers posting one piece a week, recently raised $25M, and claims 30M uniques a month — A startup that just raised $25 million is like a college newspaper on steroids — and it's racking up 30 million uniques a month
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Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
SiriusXM reports Q2 earnings of $171M, ended March with 30.1M subscribers — SiriusXM Boosts Full-Year Sub Growth Target as Quarterly Earnings Rise — EMAIL ME — The home of Howard Stern now expects to add 1.6 million, instead of 1.4 million, subs after ending March with 30.1 million.
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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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Minnie Chan / South China Morning Post:
Andrei Chang, founder of Kanwa Asian Defense magazine, is leaving Hong Kong for Tokyo due to fears for his safety as a journalist after booksellers disappeared — Defence magazine publisher Andrei Chang quits Hong Kong over concerns for safety — Mainland born Canadian founder …
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