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: The Beeb to launch US site, WaPo partners with Bloomberg, TV shifts to the web
Tomorrow, the BBC will launch a website with US-focused stories (via @romenesko) http://j.mp/ahQ0Yd »
“Ben & Jerry’s clearly feels…that their customers prefer contact through social media sites to email in their inbox.” http://j.mp/ct8FOp »
The Lab has a Shakespeare, a JK Rowling, and a Dan Brown http://iwl.me/ »
Would iTunes do better with a paywall model rather than micropayments? http://j.mp/aiJJg7 »
During 2009-10, 90% of network shows appeared online, 50% of episodes within a day of their original air date http://j.mp/8Xgka2 »
WaPo launches online biz section co-branded with Bloomberg http://j.mp/bXpTES »
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