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May 15, 2013, 2:34 p.m.
LINK: skift.com  ➚   |   Posted by: Justin Ellis   |   May 15, 2013

Last year we wrote about the launch of Skift, the travel media start-up created by Rafat Ali, the founder of paidContent. Almost at the anniversary mark, Skift has received new funding, and Ali says the site will be expanding and increasing its focus on data: “We are using this funding to double on our staff (from 5 so far to 10, in a month), build out the initial sales infrastructure, and continue building out our data services,” he writes.

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