Wall Street Journal: General Assembly, a five-year-old education startup training workers in software programming and other tech skills, offers classes in 14 cities, from San Francisco to Sydney. To continue fueling its expansion, the New York-based company has raised a $70 million round of funding from investors led by Advance Publications, the owner of Conde Nast. Steven Newhouse, chairman of Advance Publications, is joining General Assembly’s board. The infusion is a bet that the current boom in tech startups will entice more people to tech professions.