Plus: Parsing The New York Times’ paywall figures, a big nonprofit news merger in the Bay Area, and all the rest of this week’s news in media and tech.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: Raises for web producers, AOL goes hyperlocal, Google Fusion Tables
Biggest salary increase at newspapers last year was among web producers, who saw a 13% bump http://tr.im/oadX »
AOL buys hyperlocal news startup Patch in a seven-figure deal (also, Going, which does event listings) http://tr.im/obob »
Thanks for your great theories earlier on j-school grads getting journalism jobs! Here’s what you said: http://ff.im/3RmaV »
Why revealing an anonymous commenter’s identity caused such a stir at the National Review http://tr.im/o9AJ »
“I’m not sure we realized what we had.” USA Today publisher regrets not charging for iPhone app http://tr.im/obDR »
Checking out the new Google Fusion Tables for data storage and visualizations http://tr.im/o9Tz »
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