The Knight Foundation is opening up its contest by changing its rules and shortening the gestation period for ideas.
For people under 24, the use of e-mail tumbled more than 30% in the last year nie.mn/y5KNWl 
Links on Twitter: Media industry loses $1.5 billion on social media, Capital launches, CNN drops AP
CNN says dropping AP content will make its journalists more “collaborative”http://j.mp/bMj0Ih »
Virgin America teams up with Klout to offer free flights to Twitter influencershttp://j.mp/anHl0d »
Droid Sans, made easy: Google Font API simplifies custom web typographyhttp://j.mp/conHWk »
@CaliforniaWatch launches Politics Verbatim, a searchable repository of primary-source data on the CA gov race http://j.mp/9e7DoX »
NY-centric site Capital launches in beta, says its success hinges on an “extraordinary community” http://j.mp/aS3bIc (via @mlcalderone) »
Media industry has lost $1.5 billion on social networking sites (via @iwantmedia)http://j.mp/dtamFC »
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