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: Foursquare goes VIP, Spot.us’ Community Centered Advertising boosts engagement, CNN.com launches new tech vertical
Were you involved in an engaging news project this year? Apply for a Knight Batten Award! Deadline Fri http://j.mp/bH47rk »
Next stop for @foursquare: VIP membership? The platform experiments with “badge rewards” http://j.mp/bjeT2N »
“The numbers don’t lie”: @Spotus engagement stats “went up drastically” after Community Centered Advertising launch http://j.mp/dq8ZMI »
One sure-fire path to community engagement: free food. If you’re a DC blogger, tomorrow’s lunch is on @TBDDC http://j.mp/9an9AC »
Wired’s iPad app on track to beat newsstand sales of the print mag this month, says @chr1sa http://j.mp/90Pp1v »
Big congrats to the 2010-2011 @berkmancenter fellows! http://j.mp/acVEXX »
CNN.com launches new technology section filled with content from @Wired, @CNET, and especially @Mashable http://j.mp/cGNw9c »
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