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: Google simplifies for local advertisers, Yahoo seeks to grow original content, what it felt like when Twitter was down
Google’s keyword auctions may scare off local advertisers, so they’re trying the old-media model: flat rate http://tr.im/B5WJ »
Head of NY Times R&D Lab explores demand-side advertising http://tr.im/B8pl I understand about half; the rest is my homework. »
Yahoo VP says 10% of their content is original, 80% aggregated, 10% links. They’re growing that first slice http://tr.im/B5Rb »
42% of TV station managers “don’t know” if their website is making money (31% say it is) http://tr.im/B5LL »
What it felt like when Twitter was down http://twitpic.com/jv1c7 (Incidentally, that’s the hallway outside Twitter HQ.) »
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February 10, 2012
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