The Knight Foundation is opening up its contest by changing its rules and shortening the gestation period for ideas.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: Corroborating CNN iReports, landmark for interactive-media ads, tracking when book readers get bored
CNN corroborates iReport material from Iran by comparing multiple videos of same event. Volume is an asset http://tr.im/pIDz »
Landmark: Interactive media to overtake newspapers in U.S. ad spending next year (still trails TV, mags) http://tr.im/pJaO »
Even the most devoted print newspaper readers spend 3.7 hours/day online, which is average http://tr.im/pI7n »
Gov. Schwarzenegger encourages Californians to try balancing state budget with LA Times app http://tr.im/pIKO »
For book on new forms of storytelling, @nickbilton wants to track analytics “to see when people get bored” http://tr.im/pKZx »
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February 9, 2012
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