Mediagazer: Gannett Posts 24% Jump in Revenue, Resumes Share Buybacks (Tess Stynes/Wall Street Journal)

11:25 AM ET, February 3, 2015

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Tess Stynes / Wall Street Journal:

Gannett Posts 24% Jump in Revenue, Resumes Share Buybacks — Digital Business Boosted by Full Ownership of Cars.com — Gannett Co. said its fourth-quarter revenue rose 24% on continued growth in its broadcast division and as its digital business was boosted by its full ownership of Cars.com …

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BBC:

Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy gives up Egypt citizenship — Mohamed Fahmy, one of two al-Jazeera journalists still held in Egypt, has renounced his Egyptian citizenship to secure his release, his family say. — Mr Fahmy's brother said the journalist, who is also Canadian, was told to give up his nationality or his freedom.

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Agence France-Presse:
Al-Jazeera journalist Fahmy's release from Egypt jail ‘imminent’

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Maïa de la Baume / New York Times:

Charlie Hebdo announces new issue coming out on February 25th — Charlie Hebdo Sets Date for Next Issue — PARIS — The next issue of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper that was the target of an attack in Paris last month that left 12 people dead, will be released at the end of the month, a staff member said Monday evening.

Guardian:

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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:

Comptel, others launch campaign against Comcast merger — A group of trade organizations are teaming up to lobby against the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger. — Comptel, NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association, and the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance are launching the …

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William Turvill / Press Gazette:

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Paul McNally / news:rewired:

Guardian digital chief Aron Pilhofer claims turning off comments is a ‘monumental mistake’, says BuzzFeed, others are ‘eating our lunch’ — Guardian digital chief: Killing off comments ‘a monumental mistake’ — The Guardian's executive editor for digital has described …

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:

With an Eye on Wall Street, Twitter Starts Selling Twitter Ads Outside of Twitter — Twitter is rolling out plans for a new revenue stream: Twitter ads that don't appear on Twitter. — Starting today, the company will start running its core “Promoted Tweet” ad unit on other people's apps and sites.

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Brian Ries / Mashable:

How the White House found a publishing ally in Medium — The White House published President Obama's 2016 fiscal budget on Monday using a medium that's become increasingly popular among its advisors: Medium, the three-year old self-publishing platform. — In the past three months …

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