The experimental mobile app from The Wall Street Journal skims homepages for the top news from a universe of sources.
There's a brand new Knight News Challenge on the way. Here's what you need to know nie.mn/zUkXJK 
Links on Twitter: Financial Times web subscribers up 22%, top 5 visualizations of ’09, NY Times using new URL shortener
Looks like the New York Times’ new URL shortener (nyti.ms) is rolling out in staff tweets: http://tr.im/HONE »
Cartoonist associations are expanding membership boundaries to counter print’s contraction. http://tr.im/HObT »
Email is the most used sharing tool (46%), according to makers of the ShareThis button. http://tr.im/HNWi (via @NAA_Community) »
Data and chart lovers, this is for you: Top 5 visualizations of ’09. http://tr.im/HMJ6 (via @laurelatoreilly) »
The Financial Times has 121,200 digital subscribers. That’s up 22% over last year. http://tr.im/HMtF »
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February 2, 2012
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