Links on Twitter: underwater data, social video, net neutrality

How info flows: gorgeous interactive maps of the world’s undersea data cables http://j.mp/bgz9qj »

“You are thieves, and we hate you”: NPR’s pledge drive gets the NSFW treatment http://j.mp/d9yMAR (via @acarvin) »

Facebook is now the US’s third most popular online video distributor, with 46.5 million unique viewers in July 2010 http://j.mp/98vmmE »

Google hires BBC exec to help publishers in Europe, Mid-East, Africa “get the most out of Google News” http://j.mp/b2N5eD »

Tag-teaming the future: nice Q&A with Grueskin/Schulzrinne of Columbia’s joint journ/comp-sci program http://j.mp/c17TEh »

“The first question to ask is why Google is a party to this agreement at all”: @zittrain on net neutrality http://j.mp/c5lscc »

Joshua Benton

PressPad, an attempt to bring some class diversity to posh British journalism, is shutting down

“While there is even more need for this intervention than when we began the project, the initiative needs more resources than the current team can provide.”

Richard Tofel

Is the Texas Tribune an example or an exception? A conversation with Evan Smith about earned income

“I think risk aversion is the thing that’s killing our business right now.”

Jeff Jarvis

The California Journalism Preservation Act would do more harm than good. Here’s how the state might better help news

“If there are resources to be put to work, we must ask where those resources should come from, who should receive them, and on what basis they should be distributed.”