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7:30 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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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
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 …
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.
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: @ruikaneya
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
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Five journalists killed when gunmen ambush convoy in South Sudan  —  Five journalists were killed on Sunday when unidentified gunmen ambushed an official convoy in South Sudan's Western Bahr al Ghazal state, according to local journalists and news reports.  The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns …
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Snapchat launches Discover to highlight stories and videos from media partners as well as its own in-house team of journalists  —  Snapchat's new Discover feature puts news and entertainment a swipe away from your stories  —  Snapchat has launched “Discover,” a new feature that highlights stories …
 
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Brant Houston / The American University in Cairo:
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Wall Street Journal:
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

Paresh Dave / Wired:
Google says it wouldn't force its device makers, browser, and wireless carrier licensees to distribute Gemini to US users for three years, in a proposed remedy

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
 
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