The Knight Foundation is opening up its contest by changing its rules and shortening the gestation period for ideas.
In the (future of) news this week: Facebook, The New York Times, GigaOM, Hasselhoff? nie.mn/yrRbkW 
Links on Twitter: A third of Shine’s content is user-generated, Ochberg Fellowship deadline is approaching, early evidence looks great for iPad ad revenue
Humans trump robots in new Google News feature “Editors’ Picks” http://j.mp/ay6ace »
Twitter instructional videos are surprisingly long http://j.mp/9heKpr »
The age of the iPad is upon us and early evidence looks great for ad revenue. Are publishers ready? http://j.mp/bY108L »
Investigative News Network picks up $200K from Knight to explore biz models, hires CEO from TheWrap http://j.mp/bM34IW »
Attention journalists who cover trauma, violence, Ochberg Fellowship deadline is coming up July 21st http://j.mp/cLx6Q6 »
A third of the content on Shine, Yahoo’s popular women’s lifestyle site, is user-generated http://j.mp/aK4toh »
What happens to blogging when Twitter goes down? http://bit.ly/bz186m »
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February 9, 2012
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