When NPR shared links to KPLU stories on its Facebook page — only visible to people in the Seattle area — the station’s website got record traffic.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: New York Times augmented reality apps, TMZ’s Harvey Levin at Columbia J-School, newspapers in Second Life
NY Times developing augmented reality apps for its restaurant and movie reviews, @myoungsays (at 19:44) http://tr.im/yqN3 »
TMZ founder Harvey Levin stops by Columbia Journalism School, collects resumes http://tr.im/ys1g »
In tweeting “suspicious boat…shots fired,” @CNN was practicing what we call process journalism, right? http://tr.im/yskG »
Why is Buenos Aires a haven for tech startups? The peso’s cheap, and free WiFi’s on every corner http://tr.im/yrTi »
From editor of The Guardian RT @arusbridger: Guardian gagged by company in High Court. We can’t tell you which company, or why. »
Three newspapers in Second Life. My favorite is the Metaverse Messenger http://tr.im/ysMG (HT @erhardt) »
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February 10, 2012
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