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8:50 PM ET, May 8, 2018

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Gizmodo Special Projects Desk:
Univision has been in decline for years, with a shark-obsessed boss, millions wasted on consultants, and an executive who insisted on publishing softcore porn  —  This is the story of how corporate raiding, complacency, excess, and incompetence are gutting a media company that matters to tens of millions of people.
Reuters:
Sources: Comcast is preparing an all-cash bid for 21st Century Fox's media assets, which Fox has agreed to sell to Disney, but bid is dependent on AT&T case  —  (Reuters) - U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp is asking investment banks to increase a bridge financing facility by as much as $60 billion …
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Christine Wang / CNBC:
Disney beats with Q2 revenue of $14.55B vs. $14.11B expected; all divisions beat except for consumer and interactive, which earned $1.08B vs. $1.14B expected
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Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
NewsWhip data shows Facebook's algorithm changes have adversely affected the engagement rates of quality news sources like the NYT and NBC  —  Some recent data on the best-performing news brands on Facebook seems to show that high-quality new sources are getting less engagement on Facebook …
Jason Guerrasio / Business Insider:
SEC filing: MoviePass parent Helios and Matheson Analytics had $43.4M on hand on April 30, average cash deficit of $21.7M/month since Sept.; stock down over 30%  —  - On Tuesday, MoviePass' parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics, said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission …
Joshua Fruhlinger / Thinknum Media:
Analysis of Apple's job listings suggests that the company appears to be investing in a newsroom, recruiting for staff positions like Politics Editor  —  There's a certain air of mystery as to what Apple ($NASDAQ:AAPL) is up to when it comes to content.  In March, Apple acquired digital …
Politico:
Scott Pruitt fast-tracked a water district in California for clean-up at the personal request of conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed a polluted California area on his personal priority list of Superfund sites targeted for “immediate and intense” …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Christiane Amanpour named as Charlie Rose's official replacement  —  Christiane Amanpour will officially replace Charlie Rose on PBS stations across the country.  —  The move was made official at the public broadcaster's annual meeting on Tuesday.  It has been in the works for five months …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN is currently battling to keep its editorial guidelines secret, as part of a legal battle over an investigative piece from June 2015  —  The New York Times puts its editorial guidelines on the Internet, for all to sample.  So does The Post.  BuzzFeed published its “News Standards And Ethics Guide” …
Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu and @niemanlab
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Vox Media used Recode Editor Kara Swisher for a sponsored audio ad for HBO's Silicon Valley series, heard on some of Vox's podcasts, including Recode's  —  Vox Media publishes many articles that get people talking.  But now the company is doing something it hopes will get its consumers to listen …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Following its merger with Scripps Networks, Discovery posted an $8M loss in its Q1 but revenue soared 43% YoY to ~$2.31B  —  The acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive is likely to be a boon to the new Discovery Inc., which has swelled in size thanks to the companies' recent merger.
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
PopSugar lays off 19 people, about 5% of its staff, in an effort to reach profitability  —  The company says that cutting 5% of its staff is part of an effort to be profitable.  —  Digital entertainment publisher PopSugar laid off 19 staffers on Tuesday as part of an organization-wide effort …
 
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