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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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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg to leave DreamWorks if Comcast deal goes through; latest proxy statement says he would get $21.9M if company is sold — Katzenberg to Leave DreamWorks If Comcast Deal Is Completed — Jeffrey Katzenberg has headed DreamWorks Animation since IPO in 2004
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Sources: Comcast in talks to buy DreamWorks Animation for $3B+, would likely merge DreamWorks with Universal Pictures
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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 …
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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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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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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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 …
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Source: Facebook is offering some content creators around $250K for 20 live video posts per month over a three-month period — As Social Shifts To Video, Content Creators Win Power And Dollars — The social platforms are all competing for quality video, but only a select few can deliver it.
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SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal and @kantrowitz
Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:
Vox Media names ex-Rosetta Stone CEO Stephen Swad as CFO; ex-Yahoo President Susan Decker joins board — Vox Media Names First CFO, Adds Former Yahoo President to Board — Appointments put media veterans in management, oversight roles — No immediate plans for IPO, CEO Jim Bankoff says in interview
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Twitter's user growth problems become ad revenue issue as firm struggles to compete with new products like Snapchat, lacks scale to take on Facebook, Google — Twitter is going to have a hard time fixing its ad problem — For the last couple of years, two things about the Twitter narrative …
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