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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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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 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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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
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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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 …
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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
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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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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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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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast now selling Disney movies through Xfinity and will be a retailer for Disney Movies Anywhere to store movies in the cloud — Disney Inks Deal With Comcast to Sell Digital Movies — Cable operator also will join Disney Movies Anywhere as a participating retailer
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Los Angeles Times and Business Wire
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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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Politico's president, co-founder Jim VandeHei likely to leave site in spring, months earlier than planned — Politico Speeds Up Management Transition As Co-Founder Jim VandeHei Nears Exit — NEW YORK — Politico president and co-founder Jim VandeHei is likely to soon leave the company he co-founded …
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