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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Huffington Post editor spiked April 6 story pitch about sleeping Uber driver due to parnership with Uber on “drowsy driving” campaign, later apologizes — Huffington Post killed story pitch critical of Uber — Uber yesterday announced that Huffington Post Editor …
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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.
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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 …
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
‘American Idol’ Producer Core Media Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy … Core Media Group, home of 19 Entertainment's “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance,” was expected to file Thursday for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York. — Core was part of the joint venture …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Sources: about 40 are being laid off at Glenn Beck's The Blaze, including 20 in New York — 40 Layoffs As Glenn Beck's ‘Blaze’ Empire Continues Its Decline and Fall — Sources estimate that 20 ‘Blaze’ employees will lose their jobs in New York, a dozen in Washington, five in Ohio …
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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 …
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Max Willens / International Business Times:
Publishers should move from ad sales based on impressions to time spent but doing so would require shifts in sales infrastructure and introducing new standards — What's Really Killing Digital Media: The Tyranny Of The Impression — All happy media companies are alike …
Greg Avery / Denver Business Journal:
The Denver Post aims to cut another 26 newsroom jobs, nearly 20%, the second round of buyouts in 12 months — More buyouts hit Denver Post newsroom — The Denver Post wants to cut another 26 jobs, or nearly 20 percent, from its newsroom staff in the daily newspaper's second round of buyouts in the past 12 months.
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Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg:
Canada's collaborative-writing platform Wattpad sets up studio for movies, shows, and branded stories — World's Largest Story-Sharing Site Pushes Into Movie Business — Wattpad plans to co-produce movies and TV shows with Hollywood — 'I can tell you what's hotter: werewolfs or vampires'
Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi removed from post pending investigation into use of funds to scrub 2011 pepper-spraying incident from search — University of California, Davis, Chancellor Is Removed From Post — SAN FRANCISCO — The chancellor of the University of California …
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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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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 flail as Internet radio becomes just a feature baked …
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