Mediagazer: Mashable raises $13 million to launch expansion effort (Brian Stelter/CNNMoney.com)

5:15 PM ET, January 6, 2014

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Katie Roof / Fox Business:

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Brian Morrissey / Digiday:

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Emily Bell / Guardian:
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:

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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
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Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:

Mashable raises $13 million to launch expansion effort — Nearly a decade into its existence, the news Web site Mashable is taking on outside investors for the first time. — The site plans to announce on Monday that it has raised $13.3 million in an equity investment round led by Updata Partners.

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Bloomberg:

Malone's Liberty Global Said Approaching Ziggo Agreement — Liberty Global Plc (LBTYA) is putting the final touches on an acquisition of Dutch broadband provider Ziggo NV (ZIGGO) as the cable company expands its European operations, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal:
John Malone's Next Chess Move to Take Control of Time Warner Cable

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Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Preparations begin for “blowback” against Gabriel Sherman's new Ailes book, out Jan. 21st — Big roll-out begins for Ailes book — Random House is preparing for a “s**tstorm,” to borrow the phrase Matt Drudge used in a tweet four months ago, that will surely ensue …

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Stuart Elliott / New York Times:

Advertising Age to Print Every Other Week — Advertising Age, the trade publication introduced in 1930, announced Monday that it would publish its print edition every other week rather than weekly. — The magazine, the largest publication in the ad trade field, will publish 25 issues in 2014 …

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Dylan Byers / Politico:

Yahoo News hires Daniel Klaidman as deputy editor, adds Atlantic's Franke-Ruta — The Yahoo News expansion continues: On Monday, the site announced that it had hired Daniel Klaidman, the Daily Beast correspondent and former Newsweek managing editor, to serve as Deputy Editor.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Capital New York, FishbowlNY and @sfiegerman

David Carr / New York Times:

Print Starts to Settle Into Its Niches — Kevin Kelly is not a dumb guy — far from it actually. As the founding executive editor of Wired and one of the people who helped build The Well, among the earliest online communities, he has done a good job of seeing what is coming next for decades.

Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times:

CES 2014: Internet streaming device maker unveils the Roku TV — The maker of popular Internet streaming devices unveiled the new Roku TV, a smart TV to be manufactured by TCL and Hisense. — Roku, the consumer electronics company best known for its devices that deliver Internet video to televisions …

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Hadas Gold / Politico:

Rep. Waxman puts pressure on Tribune Co. — Henry Waxman, representative of California's 33rd, sent a letter to the CEO of the embattled Tribune Co. on Monday asking for documents regarding their future plans for his local paper, The Los Angeles Times. — It's the second letter Waxman …

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Steven Millward / Tech in Asia:

In a rare move, China unblocks Chinese versions of Reuters and WSJ sites — China's Great Firewall blocks a number of big-name sites every year. Last year, news sites were under fire for their reporting on China's leaders and their wealth, and so Bloomberg, The New York Times …

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Al Jazeera faces criticism in Egypt over its coverage of Muslim Brotherhood — Ever since the military's ouster of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in July, Al Jazeera, the pioneering Arab-language news broadcaster, hasn't shrunk from calling his removal something the American government won't: a coup.