Mediagazer: In apparent move to boost visibility, Twitter switches its App Store category from Social Networking to News, where it ranks No. 1 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

5:25 PM ET, April 28, 2016

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Comcast buys DreamWorks Animation 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.

Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:

Katzenberg will step down as DreamWorks Animation CEO, will chair DreamWorks New Media, including Awesomeness TV and NOVA, will also be NBCUniversal consultant — Katzenberg to relinquish DreamWorks Animation CEO role after Comcast deal — Jeffrey Katzenberg, the Hollywood mogul whose name …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Wrap and Los Angeles Times

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

Discussion: Adweek, Tech Insider, Marketing Land, The Verge, Mashable, Vanity Fair, Fast Company, Digital Trends, @noahchestnut, @mathewi and Bloomberg

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

In apparent move to boost visibility, Twitter switches its App Store category from Social Networking to News, where it ranks No. 1 — Twitter aims to boost its visibility by switching from ‘Social Networking’ to ‘News’ on the App Store — Following yet another quarter of sluggish user growth …

Discussion: Fast Company, Digiday, Engadget, Mashable, The Verge, Marketing Land, @ethanklapper, Bloomberg and The Verge

Rupert Neate / Guardian:

New York Times CEO Mark Thompson sued in US district court on claim of ageist, racist, and sexist hiring practices — New York Times boss sued over alleged ageist, racist and sexist hiring practices — Paper denies ‘unjustified’ claims that CEO Mark Thompson introduced culture that favors 'young …

Discussion: New York Times, @douglas, @saramorrison, @abeaujon and @paulxharris

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Mail Online takes down article after plagiarism complaint from freelance writer for the Times, agrees to pay invoice “with no admission of liability” — Mail Online rips off freelance journalist... yet again — Writer discovers his Times article reproduced on the Daily Mail's website

Discussion: SubScribe, @mfletchertimes, @mfletchertimes and Jon Slattery

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

A Huffington Post editor killed a story pitch about a napping Uber driver, citing a drowsy driving campaign partnership with Uber; editor has since apologized — Huffington Post killed story pitch critical of Uber — Uber yesterday announced that Huffington Post Editor in Chief Arianna Huffington …

Discussion: @jeremymbarr, @justinjm1 and The Huffington Post

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

Discussion: @om, Fortune, New York Magazine, The Huffington Post, Om Malik, VatorNews, CNNMoney, @arrington, CNET, Fast Company, Poynter, @dylanbyers and @om

Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:

Sources: Politico in talks with reporters Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer about taking over as Playbook co-authors when Mike Allen leaves — Politico in talks with new ‘Playbook’ authors — Politico Playbook, the influential morning newsletter read by Washington's power players and political junkies, will have a life after Mike Allen.

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Pandora beats estimates with Q1 revenue up 29% YoY to $297.3M; active listeners decline to 79.4M from 81.1M in prior quarter — Pandora up 6% on strong earnings but Rdio and Ticketfly buys don't pay much yet — Pandora continues to struggle as Internet radio becomes just a feature baked …

Discussion: Pandora and New York Times

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 …

Discussion: Fortune

Hilary Milnes / Digiday:

Vogue launches iOS app with Snapchat Discover-like design, daily feed of eight stories, in time for New York's Met Gala — Vogue's finally bringing its content to a mobile app — It is late April, 2016, and Vogue finally has a mobile app for its content.

Discussion: Fashionista, @johnherrington, @niemanlab, Teen Vogue and @bmorrissey

Joseph Menn / Reuters:

Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snowden revelations, study finds — Internet traffic to Wikipedia pages summarizing knowledge about terror groups and their tools plunged nearly 30 percent after revelations of widespread Web monitoring by the U.S. National Security Agency …

Discussion: @netizenrights, @wikipedia, @jamesofur, The Intercept, The Hill and Washington Post

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