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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
NYT's deputy executive editor Matt Purdy says paper had no access to Panama Papers, hopes that will change, will cover the leak more soon — Perfectly Reasonable Question: Why No Big Splash for ‘Panama Papers’? — Updated, 4:05 p.m. to note a new Times story about calls for Iceland's prime minister to resign.
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Bloomberg:
Source: Twitter acquires rights to stream NFL's Thursday night games, part of an overall push into online programming and effort to attract mainstream users — Twitter Wins NFL Deal to Stream Thursday Night Games — Twitter Inc., making a strategic push into online programming …
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Twitter beat Amazon and Verizon to secure streaming rights to NFL Thursday night games — Twitter Beats Amazon, Verizon for Global NFL Streaming Deal — Surprise finish to the fight for NFL streaming rights: They're going to Twitter. — The social media company beat out heavyweights including Amazon …
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
New York Observer Editor Ken Kurson read, gave input on speech by Donald Trump; NYO owned by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner — New York Observer Editor Doesn't Regret Involvement With Donald Trump's AIPAC Speech — NEW YORK — New York Observer Editor Ken Kurson read and provided input …
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
The New York Observer, owned by Trump's son-in-law, will now cover Trump like other candidates after avoiding coverage earlier, bans staff from campaign input
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Cynthia Littleton / Variety:
Disney announces Thomas Staggs will step down as COO in May and leave the company at end of September, after spending a little more than a year in the post — Thomas Staggs Out at Disney — Thomas Staggs is out as Disney's chief operating officer after a little more than one year in the post.
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
NBCU and Vox Will Start Selling Ads on Each Other's Sites — Partnership touting fast-loading, custom ads follows NBCU's $200 million investment in Vox — Comcast Corp. 's NBCUniversal agreed to make a $200 million strategic investment in the digital media company Vox Media in August.
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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Report: people like long stories, photos don't always boost engagement, major enterprise journalism pays off — Shorter isn't better, photos aren't always alluring and deep digging pays off, recent report concludes — After two years work analyzing more than 400,000 stories …
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Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says company will release details on new 8th-gen Kindle next week — Amazon will announce a new Kindle next week — Amazon will introduce a new “top of the line” Kindle next week, says company CEO Jeff Bezos. Bezos announced the news on Twitter this afternoon …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook announces Automatic Alternative Text on iOS, that uses AI to automatically describe images to blind users — Facebook begins using artificial intelligence to describe photos to blind users — Ask a member of Facebook's growth team what feature played the biggest role in getting …
Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Margaret Sullivan's new role at The Washington Post isn't a public-editor job, though her work at The New York Times shows the ombudsman role is still needed — The Washington Post Just Hired a Great Ombudsman—But She's Not Going to Ombud! — When the Washington Post recently announced …
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Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:
Yahoo scales back its media focus as cutbacks follow tensions between media stars seeking home-page space and engineers who swear by algorithms — Marissa Mayer vs. “Kim Kardashian's Ass”: What Sunk Yahoo's Media Ambitions? — After a pricey talent spree, Yahoo News is reversing course—again.
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Joan E. Solsman / The Wrap:
Nielsen signs multi-year deal with Dish to access its set-top box data, in order to improve its understanding of viewers' habits — Nielsen Gets Access to Dish Set-Top Box Data in New Deal — TV measurement company Nielsen sealed a multi-year partnership with Dish Network to access viewership data …
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