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3:40 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 …
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
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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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
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
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 …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Tumblr Takes On Medium With Upgrades To Its Writing Interface And More  —  Starting today, Tumblr is rolling out a series of updates to its online blogging platform designed to make the service more attractive and useful for content creators, and specifically for those writing long-form content.
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.
Casey Newton / The Verge:
How one of the best films at Sundance was shot using an iPhone 5S  —  Tangerine, a breakout hit from this year's Sundance Film Festival, is full of surprises.  There's the subject matter: transgender prostitutes working in a not-so glamorous part of Hollywood.  And there are the characters: flinty, funny, nobody's victim.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Tesco Inks Deal For Rakuten's Kobo To Take On Blinkbox Books' Customers, Other Assets  —  Some closure in the ongoing story of retail giant Tesco offloading its digital content effort blinkbox.  Assets from blinkbox Books — specifically customer accounts and existing e-book libraries …
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 …
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Two month old digital news channel CBSN finds 52% of its streams are on connected TVs  —  CBSN, two and a half months in  —  It has been two and a half months since CBS News launched CBSN, its ambitious live-streamed digital news channel.  —  The project, which was championed …
Discussion: TVNewser
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.
Seb Joseph / The Drum:
Guardian overhauls site in anticipation of publishers selling ads based on time  —  The Guardian has overhauled its site, trumpeting a flurry of advertising opportunities it hopes will fuel ongoing efforts to sell advertisers on reader attention not clicks, in an environment designed to improve the chances of branded content being seen.
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Wolfgang Blau / Guardian:
The Guardian launches its new responsive website worldwide
 
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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
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Nielsen shows Kindle Unlimited subscribers in US and UK spend more on books than non-subscribers
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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
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
News aggregator Anews raises $2.7M for further international expansion