Facebook is rolling out a feature that lets journalists host live chats on pages or on profiles with more than 10,000 followers. Facebook recently launched a new feature which has been used by a number or high-profile journalists in order to host conversations.

The Huffington Post has continued to expand into new territories by launching a Japanese edition in partnership with daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun – the second largest in the country. With a daily print readership of more than 7 million, Asahi Shimbun hopes to combine such leverage with the Huffington Post’s brand and model to take advantage of a time when some of the Japanese public are said to have “lost faith” in traditional media.

A new website has harnessed the power of data journalism to illustrate how, when and where journalists have been threatened in Italy. Italian graphic designer Isacco Chiaf and journalists Jacopo Ottaviani and Andrea Fama have used data journalism tools to narrate stories of journalists who have been harassed in their project and website, “Is it really worth it? Stories of (Italian) journalists under threat”.

Twitter says it doesn’t have any interest in hiring reporters or performing other journalistic functions — but regardless of whether it does so, it is still a powerful media entity and one that grows stronger by the day.

Google’s stock topped $900 a share in early trading Wednesday for the first time in the company’s history, less than three months after it hit $800 for the first time.