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9:15 AM ET, January 28, 2015

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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.
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Yahoo reports mixed Q4 with mobile revenue of $254M, up from $200M previous quarter; total revenue of $1.18B  —  Yahoo Reports Mixed Q4 With Mobile Revenue Of $254M, Total Top Line Of $1.18B  —  Today Yahoo reported its fourth-quarter financial performance, including revenue excluding …
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Joshua Topolsky / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Business launches, integrating Bloomberg News, Businessweek, and Bloomberg TV  —  Welcome to Bloomberg Business  —  Smarter.  Faster.  —  Don't Miss Out —  We're excited to finally share a project that thousands of journalists, developers, photographers, videographers …
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.
Discussion: @jbarro
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
AOL Likely to Shutter Gaming Site Joystiq in Larger Content Cleanup  —  According to numerous sources, AOL is likely to shutter its primary video game site Joystiq, part of an extensive house-cleaning of its underperforming content properties that is taking place over the next weeks.
Discussion: Adweek, Joystiq, Circa News and AdExchanger
Rui Kaneya / Columbia Journalism Review:
It's still early, but the Sun Times Network does not look very good  —  So far, the network has done little to distinguish itself—and observers doubt that it will  —  CHICAGO, IL — When Wrapports LLC, the publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, announced in October that it was launching …
Discussion: Street Fight and @ruikaneya
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
News aggregator Anews raises $2.7M for further international expansion  —  Anews, an international global news-reading service with a built-in behavioral advertising network, has received $2.7 million from TMT Investments, Run Capital, 101 Startup and several individual investors.
CBC News:
Canada's electronic spy agency tracks millions of online movie, photo, music, and other downloads worldwide  —  CSE tracks millions of downloads daily: Snowden documents  —  Global sites for sharing movies, photos, music targeted in mass anti-terror surveillance
Leslie T Chang / Guardian:
The news website that's keeping press freedom alive in Egypt  —  Mada Masr was formed just before military coup of 2013.  Amid growing censorship, its staff have risked their lives to continue reporting.  Can they stay true to their mission?  —  On the afternoon of 17 June 2013 …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Azerbaijan prolongs pretrial detention period for investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova by two months  —  Azerbaijan Prolongs Journalist Ismayilova's Pretrial Detention  —  BAKU — A court in Azerbaijan has prolonged the pretrial detention period for Khadija Ismayilova …
Discussion: Index on Censorship
 
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Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Reuters:
Albania bans TikTok for a year from January 2025, part of a broader plan to make schools safer following the killing of a 14-year-old near a school in November

Bloomberg:
Preqin data: Southeast Asia's AI startups raised just $1.7B across 122 deals so far in 2024, out of ~$20B across 1,845 deals for the whole Asia-Pacific region
 
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