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: Google seeing “Head of Social,” data 3x more popular at the Texas Tribune, The Hechinger Report launches to cover education issues
“Is social media really more dangerous than terrorists?” @niemanstory on news narrative in Italy http://j.mp/byC9ms »
Recognizing its lag in the social media sphere, Google is looking to hire a “Head of Social” http://j.mp/d17IKx »
The New Yorker profiles Andrey Ternovskiy, the 18-year-old founder of Chatroulette http://j.mp/b6Hrol »
Investment in data paying off for Texas Tribune, where data is getting 3xs as much traffic as the related stories http://j.mp/cBQ9zz »
Conan at Googleplex on how Twitter is not so different from a 14th Century cell (and more!) http://j.mp/aSLQrB »
Say hello to The Hechinger Report, a new nonprofit news site dedicated to education coverage http://j.mp/9OwVkB »
Times of Northwest Indiana and local Chevy dealers found that print can drive a successful SMS promotion http://j.mp/aiIc0d »
Public service announcement: RT @joshtpm Hiring Editor 2 work in NYC office. Need 2 really get digital media &TPM… »
Bono and Bob Geldof guest-edit today’s issue of the Toronto Globe and Mail (via @dujourno) http://j.mp/acx4i0 »
Spanish Groupon lookalike Groupalia raises €2.5 million in its first funding round http://j.mp/bkzIqN »
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