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NFL Communications:
NFL confirms streaming deal with Twitter for Thursday night games, allowing users to watch for free across mobile, tablet, web and connected TVs — National Football League and Twitter Announce Streaming Partnership for Thursday Night Football — Twitter to stream 10 Thursday Night Football games globally
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Bloomberg:
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:
Sources: Twitter paid less than $10M for 10 NFL games, while rival bids were higher than $15M — 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 …
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Medium:
Medium launches Medium for Publishers, a suite of branding and customization tools, aiming to entice publishers away from their CMS — Making Medium More Powerful for Publishers — At Medium, we're building out a new corner of the Internet specifically designed for people and publishers …
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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Eight independent sites fully migrate to Medium, including Pacific Standard; four others in pipeline, including Monday Note — Medium lures The Awl and other publishers to go all-in on its platform — Medium is convincing a batch of small publishers to abandon their standalone sites …
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Ad Age, New York Magazine, Forbes, @theblcklst, @joelcifer, @lauraolin, @choire and @alanalevinson
Nicholas Jackson / Pacific Standard:
Pacific Standard EIC Nicholas Jackson explains why the magazine migrated its site to Medium: improved audience reach, commenting system, more — Introducing the New PSmag.com — We want to bring the kinds of stories we tell—stories that matter—to the widest possible audience.
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@ryanj899, @niemanlab and The Story
Charles Harder / Hollywood Reporter:
Hulk Hogan's lead lawyer, Charles Harder, reveals how they beat Gawker in sex tape case and says site's counsel did not adequately prepare witnesses — Hulk Hogan's Lead Lawyer Explains How His Team Beat “Arrogant,” “Defiant” Gawker (Guest Column) — Fresh from a $140 million verdict …
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Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Gawker Seeks New Trial Against Hulk Hogan, Asks Courts to Relieve Nick Denton of Punitive Damages
Gawker Seeks New Trial Against Hulk Hogan, Asks Courts to Relieve Nick Denton of Punitive Damages
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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Judge in lawsuit against Rolling Stone says woman at center of story, “Jackie”, must testify, allows for a five hour deposition — ‘Jackie’ must testify in lawsuit over Rolling Stone rape story — A Virginia judge has ruled that the woman at the center of Rolling Stone's discredited story …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook announces Automatic Alternative Text on iOS, which 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 …
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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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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Reporter Michelle Fields, assaulted by Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, receives death threat, telling her to drop charges against him within 72 hours — Exclusive: Police Investigate Death Threats Made Against Michelle Fields — Listen to the Chilling Audio
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Emily Steel / New York Times:
Starz launches standalone streaming service with apps for Android and iOS at $9/month, less than Showtime's $11/month offering — With a Stand-Alone App, Starz Looks Beyond the Cable Bundle — The hot and crowded market of subscription streaming services will get yet another entrant …
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Reid Nakamura / The Wrap:
The Webby Awards nominations announced, Vice Media leads with 16, other nominees include Google, HBO, CollegeHumor — Webby Awards: Vice Media, National Geographic Lead Nominations — The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 20th annual Webby Awards on Monday …
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Forbes, Variety, WWD and Digital Trends
Yonden Lhatoo / South China Morning Post:
Following acquisition by Alibaba, South China Morning Post drops its paywall, says its subscription service had 2.5M users a month — Paywall down as Alibaba takes ownership of SCMP — Starting from this evening, SCMP.com is free to read. Download the brand new app for iPhone …
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Tech in Asia, Mashable, The Stack, @george_chen, @thestalwart and @benjaminbland