The Knight Foundation is opening up its contest by changing its rules and shortening the gestation period for ideas.
This week in review: Facebook’s future and the open web, and finding balance on breaking news nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: EveryBlock’s source code, Wikimedia Foundation’s expansion, our 40 most-recent links
Developers at major news sites are already diving into EveryBlock’s open-source code and like what they see http://tr.im/qL10 »
The Wikimedia Foundation, parent of Wikipedia, plans major expansion. Read their Q&A: http://tr.im/qKUA »
New privacy standards for online advertising. The context is: an attempt to avoid federal regulation http://tr.im/qBSb »
The Guardian is investing its brand name, rather than cash, in news-related startups http://tr.im/qBKA (via @RyanMacCarrigan) »
The click-through rate across all ads served by DoubleClick in the U.S. is 0.1% http://tr.im/qBFk »
Have a great weekend, everyone! Here are my 40 most-recent links, ranked by your clicks http://nieman.40twits.com »
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