The Knight Foundation is opening up its contest by changing its rules and shortening the gestation period for ideas.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: 12% of Super Bowl watchers were also online, Facebook sharing surges 500% in 6 months, McClatchy CEO balks at Murdoch on Google
McClatchy CEO balks at Murdoch’s call to square off with Google. “To disengage is to risk marginalization” http://j.mp/bpqqG9 »
Sharing on Facebook surged 500% in the last 6 months. Average user shares 12 pieces of content per week http://j.mp/aND2Hl »
Papers move hyperlocal: Miami Herald, NY Post, Tribune partner with neighborhood news aggregator Outside.in http://j.mp/b31bO4 »
Journalism foundation in Australia models new site on Spot.us, audience begins commissioning in a few months http://j.mp/adJwfz »
Venture capital firm announces $400 million fund to back “innovation in the social and mobile Internet” http://j.mp/br0D05 »
12% of Super Bowl watchers kept one eye online during the game, 23% of them were on Facebook http://j.mp/daIh1U »
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February 9, 2012
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