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1. October 12, 2012 11:00 AM

   LinkedIn launches a new blogging platform

   Contributors include Obama, Romney, and Arianna Huffington

   By Hazel Sheffield

   LinkedIn has expanded beyond its roots as a professional connections network to include a blogging platform for 150 influential thinkers, ranging from Barack Obama to Arianna Huffington, Mashable’s Pete Cashmore, and Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group. The move into editorial content is a shift for LinkedIn—the company has traditionally concentrated on helping its users search and apply...

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2. September 19, 2012 04:35 PM

   New platform to connect journalists and publishers launches

   Contently aggregates work across media outlets

   By Hazel Sheffield

   A new platform to help freelance journalists aggregate their work will be launched on Thursday. Contently aims to help journalists to build their personal brand online and connect them with publishers looking for writers. The site was conceived by Shane Snow, a 2010 graduate of Columbia Journalism School and writer for Wired. He told CJR that Contently is modelled on...

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