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10:55 AM ET, April 5, 2016

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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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Ad Age and Forbes
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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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
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 …
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 …
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.
Evan Smith / The Texas Tribune:
Emily Ramshaw becomes editor-in-chief of Texas Tribune, as Evan Smith steps away from editorial responsibilities to focus purely on CEO role  —  T-Squared: Emily-in-Chief … Seven years ago this summer, when we sketched out — literally — the plans for The Texas Tribune …
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 …
Discussion: The Stack
 
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Rhonda Richford / Hollywood Reporter:
Vice Media appoints Arjan Hoesktra as European general manager of Viceland channel, as it expands aggressively across the continent
Reid Nakamura / The Wrap:
The Webby Awards nominations announced, Vice Media leads with 16, other nominees include Google, HBO, CollegeHumor
Discussion: Forbes and MinOnline
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
In first India deal, Xiaomi leads $25M round for music/movie streaming firm Hungama
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says company will release details on new 8th-gen Kindle next week
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
Rodale's Prevention Magazine drops print ads, raises newsstand price to $4.99 from $3.99, cuts 13 sales jobs, reducing operating expenses by over 50%
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
NBCU and Vox Will Start Selling Ads on Each Other's Sites