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: Salon attempting to climb out of red, BBC’s user-generated content desk, Washington Post’s moderated wiki
With revenue down 48%, Salon is shedding some layers of editing and the notion of itself as a magazine http://tr.im/yfQa »
23 staffers sit on the BBC’s user-generated content desk, sifting through 10,000-20,000 emails a day http://tr.im/yh8a »
The Washington Post’s WhoRunsGov is attempting a moderated wiki for profiles of “DC power players” http://tr.im/yge4 »
Duncan Riley, veteran of blogging biz, sees a resurgence of “cashed up blog plays” — that is, acquisitions http://tr.im/yfqf »
Keep an eye on the College Humor guys and their “production company with the DNA of an Internet company” http://tr.im/ygua »
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February 10, 2012
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