Mediagazer: A review of Chicago's news startups, including The Athletic, launched by ex-ESPN Chicago writer Jon Greenberg (Lynne Marek/Chicago Business)

1:35 PM ET, April 5, 2016

Top News:

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

Discussion: New York Times, TechCrunch, @jack, Digiday, Nieman Lab, VentureBeat, VatorNews, VideoNuze Analysis, TIME, GeekWire, The Verge, International Business Times, Motherboard, The Next Web, Multichannel News, Consumerist, USA Today and The Week

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 …

Discussion: VentureBeat, The Awl, TechCrunch, @jayrosen_nyu, The Wrap, Nieman Lab, FishbowlNY, Electric Literature, Talking New Media, @derekwillis, The Story, @codybrown, @anildash, The Next Web, Femsplain, @mathewi, @jandawson, @caramev, @mathewi and @jeffjarvis

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

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, Forbes, @lauraolin, @choire, @alanalevinson and The Story

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.

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

Discussion: New York Times, Variety and Fortune

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 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 …

Discussion: Variety, Multichannel News, @shiraovide, @ktbenner, @theanonyc and @emilysteel

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: Mashable, Tech in Asia, The Stack, @george_chen, @thestalwart and @benjaminbland

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.

Discussion: @digiphile, @jayrosen_nyu, @waxpancake, @tomcoates, @jason_kint, @joepompeo, @abeaujon, @mattzeitlin, @sophiekleeman, @blakehounshell, @bellwak, @kevinmdraper and Business Insider

Youkyung Lee / Associated Press:

Journalist to appeal after his news site, that reports on North Korean tech, is blocked in South Korea for allegedly violating National Security Law — UK journalist to appeal as Seoul blocks his site on N. Korea — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A British journalist who runs a website …

Discussion: @martyn_williams, @geoffrey_cain, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk, @alastairgale and NK News

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

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, MinOnline and Digital Trends

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

Discussion: The Daily Caller, @jtlol, @rumpfshaker, @oliverdarcy, @radleybalko, @oliverdarcy, Mediaite and iMediaEthics

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Week, @awzurcher, FishbowlDC, @kevinchen, Mediaite, @hadas_gold, @mlcalderone, @petersterne and @jackshafer

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

Discussion: Vanity Fair, The Week, Jezebel, Guardian, @sopandeb, New York Times, Business Insider, @hadas_gold and Mother Jones

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Discussion: @wayneslater, @jeremybowers, @eramshaw, @derekwillis, @evanasmith, @roberttgarrett and @eramshaw

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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
In first India deal, Xiaomi leads $25M round for music/movie streaming firm Hungama

Discussion: Variety, Forbes, SlashGear, Fortune, Times of India, bgr.in, International Business Times, AppleInsider, Techcircle.in, Bloomberg, MediaNama, 9to5Mac and Softpedia News

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

Discussion: Ad Age, Forbes, @dandigiacomo, Business Insider, Fortune, Skift, Broadcasting & Cable, Media Wire Daily, New York Times, TechCrunch, The Wrap, Inside the Magic, Multichannel News, Business Wire, The Wrap, Financial Times and Associated Press

Andrew Beaujon / Washingtonian:
Margaret Sullivan's new role at The Washington Post isn't a public-editor job, though her work at The New York Times shows the ombudsman role is still needed

Discussion: bookforum.com, @ombudsman, @abeaujon, @reedfrich and @benmullin

Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal:
NBCU and Vox Will Start Selling Ads on Each Other's Sites

Discussion: AdExchanger, Adweek, Ad Age, Broadcasting & Cable and @jasonlynch

From Techmeme:

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg:
Alphabet closes above a $2T market cap for the first time; the stock rose 10%, its biggest one-day jump since July 2015, resulting in a valuation of $2.15T

Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Jensen Huang, and others join a board for advising the DHS on deploying AI safely within US critical infrastructure

Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Congress considers legislation to block DJI drones from running on US communication networks, effectively killing the Chinese company's US commercial business

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