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Links on Twitter: NewsCorp pulls UK titles out of Nexis, The Guardian develops a “NewsRoulette” tool, Wikipedia to get a makeover

Because it is Friday: the difference between “nerd,” “dork,” and “geek” explained…in a Venn diagram (via @macloohttp://j.mp/dAh5mh »

News Corp’s UK titles to pull out of Nexis; they’ll remain on Murdoch-owned Factiva http://j.mp/akcCJy »

Employers’ most sought-after tech skills: the JournalismJobs content analysis! (via @10000Wordshttp://j.mp/92VXTu »

Magazine publishers can imagine a new kind of cover for the iPad. Sunset releases neat mockup of ocean scene http://j.mp/cYA9v2 »

Facebook JavaScript library suggests its Insight tool is being prepared to take on Google Analytics http://j.mp/cFkL8c »

Wikipedia to get a new look in April; will affect both the editing and the user sides http://j.mp/9ZBZ9X »

‘Nearby,’ 2.0: Google’s search redesign may display users’ location–prominently–in search results http://j.mp/979AMh »

Smartphones are on track to outnumber feature phones in the US by 2011 http://j.mp/baLNBQ »

Can we formulate an ‘innovation metric’ that doesn’t rely on a patent index? @timoreilly asks http://j.mp/ah1ouB »

CBS believed to be first major TV network working on an iPad video solution (via @iwantmediahttp://j.mp/auaB28 »

Serendipity, coded: Guardian develops tool to guide readers to random pages on its site (via @zsewardhttp://j.mp/bSSvUT »

Times Online plans to charge 1 pound per day for online access (same as print edition) or 2 pounds per week http://j.mp/az1SWV »

Russian search engine Yandex launches a custom iteration of Google Chrome http://j.mp/aNUYlz »

Ads on print publishers’ iPad apps: $75,000 to $300,000 for a few months, with some exclusivity http://j.mp/clciWJ »

AP study investigates ad “fatigue,” signals possible move toward ad-supported aggregation business http://j.mp/9NFaLa »

Good morning! Murdoch’s Times of London will begin charging for its online content in June http://j.mp/cwGkbr »

                                   
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Seth C. Lewis    February 10, 2012
The Knight News Challenge may be shifting gears, but it’s still an important window into where news innovation is taking us.