Mic Web Publisher Buys Mobile Video Aggregator Hyper

Wall Street Journal: Many digital media companies are focused on distributing content on platforms like Snapchat and Facebook. But the millennial-focused Mic.com, which covers everything from politics to digital culture, is taking a different approach by buying its own video platform. The venture-backed startup has acquired Hyper, a mobile app that aggregates video content from across the web and packages it into a digital magazine-type format.