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: Yahoo’s news blog launches, HuffPost joins Foursquare, Buzzfeed gets creative with its ads
Fascinating nugget in @CJR‘s TexTrib profile http://j.mp/9Qk50Y: it’s in partnership talks with the NYT (ht @jbatsell) »
Buzzfeed tries to turn viral content into cash with custom advertorials http://j.mp/dnV6WO »
The HuffPost joins Foursquare http://j.mp/c1Nij5 »
Great resource: @NewsCloud publishes the docs involved in its @knightfdn grant process http://j.mp/b4fOUm http://j.mp/9gQu7t »
The revolution formerly known as…? Prince decides that "the Internet is completely over" http://j.mp/cTYYyz »
Quick, what do Toy Story 3 and LeBron James have in common? http://j.mp/9KV3TH »
Shirky points out a key distinction–and tension–in the paywall debates: public interest vs customer interests http://j.mp/d1Naxh »
Yahoo’s news blog officially launches today, amid some controversy about its search-data usage http://j.mp/bHfnEN »
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February 9, 2012
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