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: Google launches Caffeine, CNN teams up with Foursquare, Yahoo still snapping up bloggers
Yahoo is still snapping up bloggers. This time it’s Movieline columnist and Defamer founder Mark Lisanti http://j.mp/c8yRar »
Clay Shirky: “… if you’re in a group of people who make things, you’re in a group of optimists” http://j.mp/cEK1mB »
The hype cycle comes full circle, or, the New York Review of Books reviews the iPad (via @carr2n) http://j.mp/cI5kNG »
Why The Week has grown as other mags decline: lessons worth hearing again http://j.mp/aUlFY4 »
Meet the [sweet, shy, sort of baffled] guys behind Pulse http://j.mp/aF18bL »
“We want to display links in a way that…lets you know where a link will take you” http://j.mp/cnaHa8 »
Which news orgs have begun using Spot.us to raise money? http://j.mp/9YOi3d »
Oh, YES: Instapaper for video is here http://j.mp/9DP4vX »
“Exploring the real world”…via TV: CNN teams up with Foursquare for World Cup badges http://j.mp/bTZlQB »
Google launches Caffeine, the new index providing “50% fresher results for web searches” http://j.mp/cTEo9v »
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February 10, 2012
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