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TheAtlantic.com to Ring Up 103 Percent Revenue Growth This Year (Folio:)
TheAtlantic.com is expected to report 103 percent growth in digital revenue in 2009. Even while most publishers are ramping up online, The Atlantic's Web site has added channels including business, politics and food; launched the Atlantic Wire, an opinion news aggregator; and has plans for a business site.

Texas Tribune Launches (Texas Tribune)
Editor-in-chief Evan Smith: "What we intend to accomplish with the Trib -- what we mean to do on an ongoing basis -- is right there in our stated mission: to promote civic engagement and discourse on public policy, politics, government, and other matters of statewide concern." FishbowlNY: Four questions for Evan Smith.

E! to Launch Asian Version of Flagship News Show (AP)
One of America's best-known entertainment news shows is launching an Asian edition. Los Angeles-based E! Entertainment Television will launch a weekly half-hour edition in Asia that combines both Hollywood and regional entertainment news in the second quarter of 2010

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