In the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, in San Diego — the traditional boundaries of California journalism are shifting fast.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: The Guardian mulls a “members’ club,” ad campaign taps New York’s commenters, free newspapers or free WiFi?
The Guardian is mulling a paid “members’ club” that might include exclusive content and events http://bit.ly/eCl9N »
HSBC ad campaign recruits five prolific commenters from New York magazine’s websitehttp://bit.ly/W30IG (concept > execution) »
Recent news-stream experiments — Times Wire, BBC News Radar, AnnArbor.com — stress time over importance http://bit.ly/nqu4C »
A good question from @currybet: What’s more enticing from a local café — free newspapers or free WiFi? http://bit.ly/snt2u »
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February 8, 2012
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