Mediagazer: Sony's Ultra streaming service with $30 titles launches, but is only available in US, and for 2015 and 2016 Sony 4K Ultra HD TVs (John Archer/Forbes)

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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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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

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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

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Robert D. Hof / New York Times:

Brands approach messaging apps and chat bots cautiously to avoid antagonizing users — As Messaging Apps Boom, Brands Tiptoe In — Gatorade owns one of the iconic television moments of the Super Bowl, the dousing of the winning coach with a huge bucket of the sport drink, ice included.

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Wall Street Journal:

Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson Steps Aside After Release of ‘Panama Papers’ — Leader is first major casualty of scrutiny into offshore accounts sparked by release of millions of documents from Panamanian firm Mossack Fonseca — Iceland Prime Minister Sigmundur David …

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Reuters:

Founding partner of Mossack Fonseca, the Panamanian firm at center of data leak, says company was hacked from outside, files complaint with state prosecutors — Panama law firm says data hack was external, files complaint — The Panamanian lawyer at the center of a data leak scandal …

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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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Nicholas Jackson / Pacific Standard:
Pacific Standard EIC Nicholas Jackson explains why the magazine migrated its site to Medium: improved audience reach, commenting system, more

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Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Eight independent sites fully migrate to Medium, including Pacific Standard; four others in pipeline, including Monday Note

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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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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 …

Discussion: New York Times, Simple Justice, Hit & Run, Washington Post, LawNewz, The Daily Caller, Jezebel and @jpodhoretz

John Archer / Forbes:

Sony's Ultra streaming service with $30 titles launches, but is only available in US, and for 2015 and 2016 Sony 4K Ultra HD TVs — Sony Launches Frustrating New 4K Ultra HD Movie Streaming Service — While 4K/Ultra HD TVs are everywhere these days, true 4K sources are still relatively rare …

Discussion: Pocket-lint, 4k.com, Variety and Home Media Magazine

Eugene Kim / Business Insider:

Yahoo Sports to stream one MLB game every day, 180 games in total, this season for free — You can now watch Major League Baseball games on Yahoo — for free — Yahoo is offering free live streams of one Major League Baseball game every day this season, the company announced on Monday.

Discussion: Multichannel News, Engadget, Consumerist, Digital Trends, Yahoo Sports, Wired, Ubergizmo and Engadget, Thanks:@ravichandrans25

Micah Singleton / The Verge:

Apple News launches a Twitter account to promote stories on its service, curated by its US editors — Apple News is using Twitter to bring in new readers — Apple News has created a Twitter account to promote stories featured on the service. Apple's team of US-based editors will curate the feed …

Discussion: The Next Web, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac

Tom Jackman / Washington Post:

Hilde Kate Lysiak, 9, breaks crime news before grownups do, fires back at critics, saying “some adult-run papers were reporting wrong news, or no news at all” — 9-year-old reporter breaks crime news, posts videos, fires back at critics — Reporter Hilde Kate Lysiak got …

Didi Kirsten Tatlow / New York Times:

Owner of China's The Paper, overseen by Communist Party, launches English-language digital news site Sixth Tone to seek audiences abroad — Digital Paper in China Covers Contentious Issues, Now in English — SHANGHAI — The Paper is a new media success story in a fast-changing marketplace for news.

Discussion: @dktatlow and @colum_m

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 …

Discussion: New York Post, pwtorch.com/site and @thrmattbelloni

Alexandra Steigrad / WWD:
Gawker Seeks New Trial Against Hulk Hogan, Asks Courts to Relieve Nick Denton of Punitive Damages

Discussion: Business Insider, FishbowlNY, @jasonabbruzzese, @petersterne, @petersterne and @petersterne

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Alexander Spangher / Columbia Journalism Review:
NYT response to Paris attacks shows efficiency in foreign news coverage; within 48 hours, 39 contributors filed from 12 countries and 6 US states to 21 editors

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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

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Reid Nakamura / The Wrap:
The Webby Awards nominations announced, Vice Media leads with 16, other nominees include Google, HBO, CollegeHumor

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Oliver Darcy / The Blaze:
Reporter Michelle Fields, assaulted by Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, receives death threat, telling her to drop charges against him within 72 hours

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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

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Google releases a free Gemini app for iOS, letting users ask questions, chat via text, voice, or their camera, and use the conversational mode Gemini Live

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OpenAI says the ChatGPT desktop app for macOS can now read code from some developer-focused apps, including VS Code, Xcode, TextEdit, Terminal, and iTerm2

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