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: Yahoo partners with Twitter, display ads jump 13% at Washington Post, Quantcast launches ad division
Quantcast launches an advertising program, letting advertisers find the users they want across the Internet http://j.mp/cEl15W »
Yelp hit with class-action extortion suit over strong arming businesses that want negative reviews removed http://j.mp/aU7lOn »
According to AddThis, sharing through Google Reader is up 35% since launch of Buzzhttp://j.mp/9fS6yg »
In a sharp turnaround, online display advertising grew 13% in the fourth quarter for the Washington Post http://j.mp/bOGbZW »
Yahoo announces partnership with Twitter. Plan will let users post and read tweets without leaving Yahoo http://j.mp/aAwCcI »
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