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Rafat Ali’s Skift Raises Another $1.1 Million
Skift, the travel news startup from paidContent founder Rafat Ali, has added $1.1 million to the $500,000 seed round it raised last year. Lerer Ventures led the round, along with new money from funds including Advancit Capital and individuals including Martin Nisenholtz and Shakil Khan. Ali said the money will help him double his staff, to 10, and to launch new services.
Rafat Ali 2.0: Meet Skift, the Travel Industry’s Version of PaidContent
What do you do after you build and sell a pioneering digital media start-up? Take two years off, and start building another media star-tup.Two Questions for Rupert Murdoch
Is it for real? And is Lachlan coming back?Spotify Dollars Boost Warner Music, but Not as Much as iTunes
Streaming music services are growing quickly. But, for big music, digital still means downloads.GigaOM Buys paidContent (Like Peter Kafka Said)
Guess what? Wait, we knew that.Is GigaOM Buying paidContent?
Om Malik won’t say. But we should find out soon.Three Years Later, the Guardian Wants a Buyer for PaidContent
The British newspaper publisher says the pioneering Web site is “is a high-quality asset but our focus in the US is on building the Guardian.”News Byte
New York Times Digital Boss to Retire
Martin Nisenholtz, senior vice president of digital operations for the New York Times, is retiring at the end of this year. A 16-year veteran of the Times, Nisenholtz quarterbacked the company’s online efforts, beginning with NYTimes.com in 1996. Additional details at paidContent.News Byte