Plus: Parsing The New York Times’ paywall figures, a big nonprofit news merger in the Bay Area, and all the rest of this week’s news in media and tech.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: Clicker picks up $11 million, one third of Americans aren’t online, FT tightens its paywall
Startup news site Oakland Local saw traffic increase last month after posting more local itemshttp://j.mp/bhmis0 »
FT tightens a paywall loophole, announcing a new limit on free stories readers can view via Google to five per day http://j.mp/aqyPmB »
Designer for Bonnier skeptical of “metaphorical page turning” for iPad. Successful digital content uses scrolling http://j.mp/cOmVSU »
Nearly a third of Americans aren’t online. 41% of dial-up users cite cost as reason they’re not on broadband http://j.mp/aHSlBQ »
Internet programming guide Clicker, the first to catalog all broadcast quality online video, picks up $11 million http://j.mp/dt1Akf »
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