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: JRC to help community bloggers, WSJ’s Foursquare layer gets a test-run, WaPo acquires iCurrent
“We desperately need journalists with no sources, only data!” http://j.mp/9PNNos »
Did you know the Twitter fail whale was almost an elephant? http://j.mp/bDpbks (via @GuyKawasaki) »
Fascinating: Google may soon include users’ mouse movements as factors in its search rankings http://j.mp/cBg6R8 »
Journal Register Company partners with Growthspur to help drive profits for community bloggers http://j.mp/bOtwo8 »
Esquire, then Marie Claire, then Cosmo: Hearst announces more mags to be given the iPad treatment http://j.mp/cUhEsH »
The WaPo acquires iCurrent, a personal news aggregator http://j.mp/axRIBI »
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February 10, 2012
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