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8:50 PM ET, January 28, 2015

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Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
Andrew Sullivan to give up blogging; future of The Dish unclear  —  A Note To My Readers  —  One of the things I've always tried to do at the Dish is to be up-front with readers.  This sometimes means grotesque over-sharing; sometimes it means I write imprudent arguments I have to withdraw …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Snapchat's new Discover feature could be a significant moment in the evolution of mobile news  —  You may have missed it in the #snowpocalpyse that wasn't1, but Snapchat unveiled a new feature called Discover Tuesday that puts news into the ephemeral chat app so popular among American teens and young adults:
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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
“SnapperHero” Snapchat Scripted Series to Debut with YouTube Stars  —  Here's another step in Snapchat's transformation from messaging service to media platform: A “scripted series” of mini-movies made by social media stars.  —  “SnapperHero,” which is supposed to debut shortly …
James Harding / BBC:
BBC News director James Harding's multimedia look at the past, present, and future of news  —  Future of News … The disruption … The future of BBC News?
Discussion: Press Gazette and Washington Post
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Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
BBC releases report looking at its plans to cover news as it prepares for 2017 charter renewal  —  Here's how the BBC, disrupted by technology and new habits, is thinking about its future  —  As the United Kingdom's national broadcaster, the BBC operates under a royal charter …
John Plunkett / Guardian:   World Service cuts will reduce UK's global ‘soft power’, BBC report warns
Tara Conlan / Guardian:   Sky News to merge digital and TV staff in newsroom shakeup
Wolfgang Blau / Guardian:
The Guardian launches its new responsive website worldwide  —  Welcome to the new Guardian website  —  After more than 18 months of development, the Guardian has unveiled a new site for its readers in the UK and around the world  —  The Guardian has a history stretching back almost 200 years of creating world-class journalism.
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Seb Joseph / The Drum:   Guardian overhauls site in anticipation of publishers selling ads based on time
Washington Post:
Google says it fought gag orders in WikiLeaks investigation  —  Google has fought all gag orders preventing it from telling customers that their e-mails and other data were sought by the U.S. government in a long-running investigation of the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks …
Henry Tricks / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Kenji Goto's reporting is voice of humanity in times of atrocity  —  Kenji Goto, the 47-year-old television journalist held captive by the Islamic State (IS), is not a typical reporter, nor is he typically Japanese.  But his courage and commitment to broadcasting humane stories …
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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Gawker Media Generated $45 Million In Net Revenue Last Year And It's Raising A $15 Million Round Of Debt  —  Nick Denton orders the shrimp linguine.  He doesn't look at Balthazar's menu; the media mogul frequents the restaurant and everyone from the hostess to fellow diners knows who he is.
Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:
New York Times moves reporter from national race beat  —  Tanzina Vega, the New York Times reporter on the paper's national race beat, has been reassigned to the newly created position of Bronx courthouse reporter, according to a staff memo from New York Times metro editor Wendell Jamieson and metro print editor Dean Chang:
Ainsley O'Connell / Fast Company:
Rolling Stone archive comes to Google Play Newsstand on Friday; 3-4 stories per issue available free  —  ROLLING STONE TEAMS UP WITH GOOGLE PLAY TO MONETIZE ITS ARCHIVES  —  When Robin Williams died last year, mourning fans turned to the web—and Rolling Stone was ready for them.
Discussion: The Verge, ABC News and The Wrap
Adam Flomenbaum / LostRemote:
Twitter TV Ratings Come to France  —  Outside of the United States and the United Kingdom, France has one of the most active social TV audiences (it's worth following Philippe Khattou's Twitter account, @French_SocialTV), and today they are getting their own Twitter TV Ratings.
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Sony And Spotify Debut PlayStation Music Streaming Service, Music Unlimited To Close  —  Sony is relaunching its streaming music service for PlayStation Network, and this time it's bringing in a partner with ample expertise in streaming music services: Spotify.
Nate Hoffelder / Ink, Bits, & Pixels:
Berlin-based e-reader company txtr is bankrupt, and an administrator has been appointed  —  Txtr is Bankrupt, Administrator Appointed  —  Hard on the heels of Tesco pulling out of the UK ebook market comes troubling news from Germany.  —  A German tech blog reported on Wednesday that txtr is insolvent.
Discussion: @thdigitalreader and @arhomberg
 
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Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Two month old digital news channel CBSN finds 52% of its streams are on connected TVs
Discussion: TVNewser
Nate Hoffelder / Ink, Bits, & Pixels:
Nielsen shows Kindle Unlimited subscribers in US and UK spend more on books than non-subscribers
Discussion: SlashGear and TechCrunch
Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Unlike the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, the New York Times Company has no reason to sell anytime soon
CBC News:
Canada's electronic spy agency tracks millions of online movie, photo, music, and other downloads worldwide
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Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
News aggregator Anews raises $2.7M for further international expansion
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
AOL Likely to Shutter Gaming Site Joystiq in Larger Content Cleanup
Discussion: Adweek, Joystiq and AdExchanger
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Azerbaijan prolongs pretrial detention period for investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova by two months
Discussion: Index on Censorship
Joshua Topolsky / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Business launches, integrating Bloomberg News, Businessweek, and Bloomberg TV