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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.
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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Rick Edmonds / Poynter:
Unlike the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, the New York Times Company has no reason to sell anytime soon — 4 reasons the New York Times Company won't be sold anytime soon — We learned last week that Michael Bloomberg would like to buy the New York Times Company.
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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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Reuters:
Japanese prime minister condemns “despicable” video, but vows the country will not give in to terrorism — New video of Islamic State captives ‘despicable’, says Japan PM — (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday termed as “despicable” …
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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 …
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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
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The Intercept, Gigaom, TorrentFreak, Globe and Mail and Gizmodo
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.
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Adweek, Joystiq, Circa News and AdExchanger
Nate Hoffelder / Ink, Bits, & Pixels:
Nielsen shows Kindle Unlimited subscribers in US and UK spend more on books than non-subscribers — New Data from Nielsen Book Shows Kindle Unlimited Subscribers Spend More on Books — Late last month I asked whether consumers were buying fewer books after switching to subscription ebook services …
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SlashGear and TechCrunch
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 …
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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.
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East-West Digital News
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 …
Jeni O'Malley / Associated Press:
After criticism, Indiana governor clarifies role of new state-run website Just IN, saying it will serve as resource for journalists, not a competing news source — Pence: Website will be “1-stop-shopping” for news releases … INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence moved Tuesday …
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