Earnings season has started again, kicking off with Q4 results from Apple, Microsoft and Google, among others. We’ll be tracking the results as they come in, so be sure to check back for more coverage in the coming weeks.

paidContent.org:
—Google’s $726 Million Writedown On AOL Is More Painful For Time Warner
—Google Can’t Save Newspapers Either; Gives Up On Print Ads
—Apple Being Investigated By SEC Over Way Jobs’ Health Handled? It Should Be
—Market Unimpressed With Slim’s Investment In NYTCo, Stock Down For The Day
—Playboy Warns Of Q4 Loss And $100 Million In Write-downs; Unspecified Number Of Jobs To Be Cut

mocoNews:
—Google Writes Down Clearwire Investment By $355 Million
—Sony Ericsson Will Use A Branded Experience For The Android Platform; Will It Be PlayStation?
—Ericsson To Cut 5,000 Additional Jobs; Weighed Down By Mobile Phone Sales
—Mobile Continues Momentum In 2009 With Inauguration; Potential To Be A “Wireless Woodstock”
—Report: Mobile Music To Grow To $16.8 Billion In 2013

paidContent:UK:
—MidemNet Thoughts: Music Biz Chasing Its Tail; Is Legal P2P The Answer?
—London Evening Standard Sold To Former KGB Spy For ‘Nominal Fee’
—Ofcom Review: Online Not Popular Enough, BBC Continues Innovation, C4 Remodelled
—Yahoo Cutting 20 Percent Of French Staff, Developers Bear The Brunt
—FT Staff Protesting Layoffs: ‘We Can’t Take Any More’
—Comment: Jon Gisby, New Media Director, Channel 4: We Can Re-Invent Public Service

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