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Twitter streams its first NFL game, part of a 10-game package, as the social network tries to broaden appeal — The social network is counting on livestreamed events, including Thursday Night Football, to broaden its appeal. — Diamond Images/Getty Images — It's third and long for Twitter.

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Mode Media, publisher and ad network formerly known as Glam and once valued at $1B, shuts down; company was on track to generate over $100M in revenue this year — The company that used to be called Glam Media generated $90 million last year. Now it's out of business.

Sharon Gaudin / Computerworld:

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Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

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Sydney Ember / New York Times:

NYT revives managing editor role, naming international editor Joseph Kahn to the position, making him a leading candidate to succeed top editor Dean Baquet — The New York Times announced on Friday that it was reviving the title of managing editor and naming Joseph Kahn, an assistant editor for International, to the position.

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Richard Lea / Guardian:

Kickstarter helped launch 2,967 literary projects, and raised $35.2M in pledges for its books and comics section in 2015 — Richard Lea finds out how a resource for small enterprises is making some big changes — Four months after launching on Kickstarter, a children's book that tells …

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James Poniewozik / New York Times:

Trump stage-managed his appearance on The Dr. Oz Show like a reality-TV reveal, creating the impression of transparency with the release of his doctor's letter — On Thursday's “The Dr. Oz Show,” Donald J. Trump told Dr. Mehmet Oz that he doesn't get much exercise these days. This is not really true.

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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:

AP condemns DOJ report, calls for practice of government impersonation of news media to end, demands to be included in official policy development — The Associated Press Thursday condemned a report from a Justice Department Inspector General that found that an FBI agent's impersonation of an AP editor did not violate its policies.

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Alan Neuhauser / US News:
Justice Department report: FBI may impersonate journalists in undercover probes with high-level approval; 2007 case of AP impersonation did not violate policies

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