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9:10 AM ET, January 29, 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 …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Andrew Sullivan fueled a blog ecosystem that rose from troublemaking to fatal respectability  —  My Life In The Blogosphere  —  One of the first, and last, great bloggers pulled the plug today.  —  John Gara/BuzzFeed  —  I first really understood the secret power of the early 2000s political blogosphere …
Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:
Mashable raises $17M led by Time Warner, Business Insider raises $25M led by Axel Springer  —  Mashable and Business Insider close large new financing rounds  —  Mashable announced late Wednesday night that it has closed a new round of financing worth $17 million, led by Time Warner Investments …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The New Republic's next issue to discuss its “perceived legacy of racism”, directly addresses past criticism  —  The New Republic addresses its ‘perceived legacy of racism’  —  The forthcoming issue of The New Republic — its first since a mass staff shakeup in December …
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 …
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John Plunkett / Guardian:   World Service cuts will reduce UK's global ‘soft power’, BBC report warns
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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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Super Bowl Halftime: Katy Perry to Pitch Merch on YouTube, Twitter, Roku and Connected TVs  —  Katy Perry will use her time in the spotlight of the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show as a launchpad to flog limited-edition products to her fans.  —  The songstress, in partnership with Universal Music Group …
Discussion: Reuters, Forbes and Globe and Mail
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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Chair of IPSO's funding body blasts new press regulator for failing to set up whistleblowers' hotline four months on  —  The Independent Press Standards Organisation has been widely criticised for failing to so far establish a whistleblowers' hotline.  —  The new press regulator …
Emily Steel / New York Times:
Showtime Plans a Global Push, Starting With a Canadian Deal  —  Showtime is crossing the border.  —  The premium cable network plans to announce on Thursday that it has struck a deal with the Toronto-based Bell Media to bring the Showtime brand to Canada.  The deal represents …
Discussion: PR Newswire and Globe and Mail
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Viacom Q1: profit down 8.6% to $500M, ad revenue down 6%, revenue up 4.4% to $3.34B but missing estimates  —  Viacom Net Drops 8.6% Even As ‘Interstellar,’ Cable Fees Boost Revenue  —  Viacom said profit in its first quarter profit fell nearly 9% despite a 4.4% rise in revenue in the period sparked …
Agence France-Presse:
Mumbai Editor Arrested Over Charlie Hebdo Reprint  —  MUMBAI: Police have arrested and bailed the editor of an Urdu-language newspaper in Mumbai for reprinting a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed from satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, police said today.
Discussion: dna and The Indian Express
Agence France-Presse:
US concerned about press freedom in China: senior diplomat  —  6 hrs ago  —  Beijing (AFP) - Washington is concerned about press freedom in China, a senior US diplomat said in Beijing Wednesday as some US news organisations face repercussions over their reporting of issues deemed sensitive by the ruling Communist Party.
 
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
How one of the best films at Sundance was shot using an iPhone 5S
Discussion: 9to5Mac
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Tesco Inks Deal For Rakuten's Kobo To Take On Blinkbox Books' Customers, Other Assets
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Two month old digital news channel CBSN finds 52% of its streams are on connected TVs
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Ainsley O'Connell / Fast Company:
Rolling Stone archive comes to Google Play Newsstand on Friday; 3-4 stories per issue available free
Discussion: The Verge, ABC News and The Wrap
Tara Conlan / Guardian:
Sky News to merge digital and TV staff in newsroom shakeup
Seb Joseph / The Drum:
Guardian overhauls site in anticipation of publishers selling ads based on time
Discussion: Digiday and Guardian
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