When NPR shared links to KPLU stories on its Facebook page — only visible to people in the Seattle area — the station’s website got record traffic.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: 22% of consumers plan to shop via mobile next year, NYT is hiring a social media producer, Hulu’s growth curve is starting flatten
Behold, a video even more mesmerizing than the baby-with-an-iPad http://j.mp/czPbY9: @nickbilton‘s-dog-with-an-iPad http://j.mp/9yoB3y »
Hulu’s growth curve is starting to flatten http://j.mp/dxlovp »
Linking: endorsement or parasitism? @laheadle responds to @chanders http://j.mp/b73L6h »
The Tumblrization of WordPress? Blogging platform adds its own “like” and reblogging features http://j.mp/d8Zki2 »
New York Times is hiring a community and social media producer to “serve as advocate for user-generated content” http://j.mp/a9hr9O »
Campbell Brown reflects on her departure from CNN: “trying to represent an unbiased perspective is simply harder” http://j.mp/bjQEcC »
State of California to partner with Microsoft, Google, Programmable Web to run open data apps contest http://j.mp/bdSuqB »
Toronto Globe & Mail, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper, plans to outsource its copy-editing (via @mathewi) http://j.mp/bzKGiK »
Experian finds 22% of consumers plan to make a purchase with their mobile device http://j.mp/922aO8 »
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February 10, 2012
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