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5:50 AM ET, April 29, 2016

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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 …
Variety:
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Elizabeth Denham, ex-British Columbia information commissioner who led major investigation into Facebook's privacy controls, named UK information commissioner
Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter:
SiriusXM reports Q2 earnings of $171M, ended March with 30.1M subscribers
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Viacom Q2 revenue falls 3% to $3B, compared to $3.08B in same period last year
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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

Esha Dey / Bloomberg:
Tesla's shares are up 73% since Election Day, as several analysts see the Trump administration easing rules for self-driving tech, benefiting Tesla's ambitions

Bloomberg:
Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region
 
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