McLean, Va. - Mixx, an online social news start-up that allows users to submit news stories, vote on their favorites and view the most popular on the site's front page, said on Wednesday that it has forged a key partnership with CNN. Under the deal, users of CNN.com will be able to add CNN headlines and articles to Mixx's platform through "add to" Mixx buttons on CNN.com story pages.

New York - NBC News (NYSE: GE) on Monday launched iCue, a free online collaborative learning site that incorporates gaming, discussion and video resources. The iCue (Immerse, Connect, Understand and Excel) site was designed using research from the MIT Education Arcade, which explores integrating gaming and peer collaboration into traditional learning activities, and includes hundreds of videos from the NBC News archives.

New York - The Associated Press (AP), the New York-based news wire, on Monday debuted its Mobile News Network, a multimedia news portal targeted at wireless users, particularly those with Apple (NASD: AAPL) iPhones.

Montreal - MediaScrape, an online broadcaster of repackaged video news from 28 global news agencies, has raised $3.16 million in a second round of venture capital financing from unnamed investors.

Redwood City, Calif. - Attributor, a provider of content-tracking and programming services for publishers, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $12 million in its third round of venture capital financing, led by JAFCO Ventures and previous investor Sigma Partners.

Reston, Va. - Publish2, the developer of an online news aggregation platform, said on Monday that it has raised $2.75 million in its first round of funding from Velocity Interactive Group.

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San Francisco - Technology publisher CNET Networks (NASD: CNET) said on Wednesday that it will lay off 120 employees, or about 4-5% of its worldwide staff, as part of a plan to "put greater emphasis on its strategic priorities, which include focusing on its leading brands, driving greater efficiencies throughout the business, and reducing costs," the company said in a regulatory filing.

New York - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Dow Jones & Company announced that it will not renew the news partnership between its Dow Jones Newswires and the Associated Press, and instead has signed a deal to distribute editorial content from rival Agence France-Presse (AFP). The company noted that the deal does not affect agreements between AP and The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Factiva. Dow Jones Newswires publishes up to 12,000 items each day, reporting from nearly 90 bureaus worldwide. The company said it also plans to expand its global editorial staff, and that the changes are part of its broader strategy to invest in its global financial news operations.

Los Angeles - Digg, the social news aggregation site where users vote on what they think are the most important news stories, is working with investment bank Allen & Co. to set up a possible sale, with Google and Microsoft among likely suitors, TechCrunch reported, citing a source very close to the deal.

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) on Tuesday introduced Buzz, a news aggregation feature for its homepage that highlights news stories, images, videos, blog posts or other content that Yahoo users have voted for as the most important of the moment. The service is similar to existing offerings such as Digg or Reddit. The beta version of Buzz includes content from nearly 100 publishers; stories on Yahoo Buzz that receive the most votes from users will also be "submitted to Yahoo.com's editors for possible coverage on the Yahoo homepage."

New York - Outbrain, a provider of ratings and recommendations for blogs, news and RSS content, announced on Tuesday that it has closed a $5 million first round of financing, led by Gemini Israel Funds and Lightspeed Venture Partners.

McLean, Va. - Mixx, a provider of social news aggregation services, has raised $2 million in its second round of financing from previous investor Intersouth Partners, VentureBeat reported.

Brussels - Financial news and information publisher Thomson (NYSE: TOC) has won conditional approval from the European Commission to acquire international news agency Reuters (NASD: RTRSY), agreeing to divest certain businesses that include databases with financial information products before the deal proceeds.

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) this week added a new local news feature to its Google News service, allowing users to see the day's top stories based on an address, city or zip code. "While we're not the first news site to aggregate local news, we're doing it a bit differently -- we're able to create a local section for any city, state or country in the world and include thousands of sources," the company wrote on its blog. "We're not simply looking at the byline or the source, but instead we analyze every word in every story to understand what location the news is about and where the source is located."

Seattle - Social Median, a social news start-up founded by former Jobster.com head Jason Goldberg, has raised its first round of angel funding, but declined to disclose the investors or amount raised, the Seattle P-I reports.

Avid music fans in Los Angeles are already well aware of 89.9 KCRW’s role in the scene. And with the ability to listen to the station’s programming anywhere in the world via its website, it has become a popular source for breaking new talent. But today KCRW introduced a media player that brings the station further into the Web 2.0 world of digital radio.

New York - Inform Technologies, a provider of website content management technology for established media brands, has raised $15 million in venture capital from Spark Capital, a Boston-based venture fund.

New York - CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) said on Wednesday that it has partnered with news aggregation site Digg to provide reciprocal links and content during the 2008 election. Digg's election headlines will receive placement on CBSNews.com, while buttons that add a story to Digg's service will be placed alongside CBSNews.com content.