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For people under 24, the use of e-mail tumbled more than 30% in the last year nie.mn/y5KNWl 
Links on Twitter: Former LA Times staffers don’t have hope for newspapers, TMZ’s impressive revenue, interesting stats on content consumption
Did you get your 34 gigabytes today? Eye-popping stats on content consumption.http://tr.im/H8FY »
So that’s why Time Warner is keeping TMZ: It made $25.4 million in 2008. http://tr.im/H7ky »
Interesting ideas from @arstechnica on how the U.S. government, the FCC specifically, can put data to use. http://tr.im/H6ZK »
Only 25% of former L.A. Times staffers believe newspapers will survive, a survey finds. http://tr.im/H6Sk »
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