Top News:
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
Discussion:
TechCrunch, @jack, VentureBeat, Motherboard, The Verge, Consumerist, USA Today, The Next Web and The Week
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
The Wrap, FishbowlNY, Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, Washington Post, Tubefilter, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, @stevestgermain, Variety, @slmandel, ProFootballTalk, @albertbreer, @lorcanrk, @adamschefter, Engadget, @stevekovach, Tech Trader Daily, CBS Philly, DSLreports and The Big Lead
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 …
Discussion:
New York Times, Mashable, FishbowlNY, Business Insider, Vanity Fair, ProFootballTalk, Wall Street Journal, BGR, Fortune, @fivefifths, @mikewattsonair, @pkafka, @pkafka, @jyarow, @pkafka, The Verge and The Week
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.
Discussion:
Fusion, globaltimes.cn, Forbes, Washington Post, Wired, Mashable, VentureBeat, Fortune, Talking New Media, Associated Press, Globe and Mail, @robertnpalmer, TorrentFreak, Press Gazette, @hugorifkind, @benazir_shah, @mercenaryjack, New York Magazine, @chrissyfarr, Guardian, NPR, bookforum.com, USA Today, @jknipebrown, @7im, @joepompeo, Memex 1.1, The Daily Caller, @mathewi, @felixsalmon, PRI, World News Publishing Focus …, Politico, YourStory.com, emptywheel, Vanity Fair, Süddeutsche Zeitung, @chrismessina, USA Today, Complex and Slate
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
The Wrap, FishbowlNY, @caramev, @jayrosen_nyu, @jeffjarvis, @mathewi and @mathewi
RELATED:
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 …
Discussion:
Forbes
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 …
Discussion:
@awzurcher, @kevinchen, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, FishbowlDC, @hadas_gold, @mlcalderone, @petersterne, @jackshafer and The Week
RELATED:
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
Discussion:
Vanity Fair, The Week, New York Times, @sopandeb, @hadas_gold, Jezebel, Guardian, Business Insider and Mother Jones
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.
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 …
Discussion:
Facebook, Wired, TIME, Engadget, Business Insider, Research at Facebook, CNET, Silicon Republic, San Francisco Chronicle, @caseynewton, @manmetbril, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Motherboard and VatorNews
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.
Discussion:
@joepompeo, @waxpancake, @abeaujon, @mattzeitlin, @jayrosen_nyu, @tomcoates, @sophiekleeman, @blakehounshell, @bellwak, @jason_kint, @kevinmdraper and Business Insider
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Starz to introduce standalone streaming app on Tuesday for iOS and Android devices; service priced at $9/month — 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 on Tuesday when Starz …
Discussion:
Variety, Multichannel News and @emilysteel
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.
Discussion:
Adweek, Variety, AdExchanger, @jasonlynch, Ad Age, Broadcasting & Cable, @kelsa_, @digitalshields, @lock, @ted_irvine, @bankoff and FishbowlNY
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 …
Discussion:
@jeffbezos, @pierce, Silicon Republic, Engadget, International Business Times, Ars Technica UK, @kylebrussell, @coreyherscu, @caseynewton, @danfrakes, The Next Web, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, Bookseller News, GeekWire, Digital Trends, Mashable, ZDNet, CNET, SlashGear and Business Insider
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
