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: Ushaihidi helps create a bike map, Facebook’s revenue neared $800 million, TV users also use Web simultaneously
Nearly 40% of people use TV and the web simultaneously each week http://j.mp/d0W9wm »
Per Reuters, Facebook’s ’09 revenue neared $800 million (via @carr2n) http://j.mp/azSiyL »
Nice. Ushahidi helps create a map of Manhattan biking info (via @kenyanpundit)http://j.mp/bIg8MV »
RT @pkafka: @NiemanLab no, not really http://j.mp/8X9qaJ »
Is YouTube up to a hush-hush local media project? http://j.mp/b7DcYz »
Per @Romenesko‘s story http://j.mp/cVSRWh on the Union-Tribune hiring: here’s the job description. It’s a doozy. http://j.mp/9AMPn1 »
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February 9, 2012
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