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2:30 PM 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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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.
Discussion: @ryanj899 and The Story
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Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Australia's Nuix donated document analysis software to ICIJ to help journalists sift through 2.6TB of data in the Panama Papers leak  —  Small Australian software firm helps join the dots on Panama Papers  —  Software produced by a little-known Australian developer has helped journalists …
Discussion: New York Times, Variety and Fortune
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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
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 …
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
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 …
Discussion: Forbes, WWD, Variety and Digital Trends
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 …
Discussion: FishbowlNY
 
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A review of Chicago's news startups, including The Athletic, launched by ex-ESPN Chicago writer Jon Greenberg
Rhonda Richford / Hollywood Reporter:
Vice Media appoints Arjan Hoesktra as European general manager of Viceland channel, as it expands aggressively across the continent
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
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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
Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
NBCU and Vox Will Start Selling Ads on Each Other's Sites
 

 
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Lee-Anne Mulholland / The Keyword:
Google files its proposed remedies in the DOJ's search antitrust lawsuit, including letting browser companies have multiple default agreements across platforms

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

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