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Nov. 17, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Washington Independent to fold, online ad revenue reaches a new high, the glories of “On the Bro’d”

“The highest quarterly result ever for the online ad industry” http://nie.mn/d83p7v »

Fascinating usage stats here: @WSJ‘s “Habits of Online Newspaper Readers” http://nie.mn/aN6ohn »

Boston Globe soft-launches @YourBoston, a Facebook app powered by @newscloud (via @bostonabrams) http://nie.mn/cVzxyW »

Twitter has begun to roll out its proprietary analytics tool http://nie.mn/9rhE0v »

PSA: It’s not too late to apply for @ProPublica‘s Spring (paid) reporting fellowship http://nie.mn/9pN4Fu »

.@AP engagement guru @lfmccullough: “Fundamentally, we think people want to interact with people.” http://nie.mn/dn6KVk »

This is why the web is awesome. http://nie.mn/aFwEyP (h/t @ryansholin) »

Help @Jayrosen_nyu and his students: Who’s doing great explanatory work, in journalism or other fields? http://nie.mn/dCSMvF »

Bewkes: The era of the media mogul is over; it’s now services that are the stars http://nie.mn/dyw2Po »

PSA, everyone: Lots of jobs still open at @HuffingtonPost http://nie.mn/cgaOp6 »

Wow. The Washington Independent will disband on Dec. 1. http://nie.mn/cWMLmg »

Visualizing the @NPR ecosystem http://nie.mn/9Jnirq (via @beyondbroadcast) »

Methane-powered laptops? http://nie.mn/bdV9NX »

Yahoo Clues provides contextual data–including demographic, geographic info–for trending terms http://nie.mn/djMTdP »

Scorsese, 2G: Amazon is launching a user-driven movie production site http://nie.mn/brTQZz »

Zuck at Web 2.0 Summit: “We’re building value, not just taking it away from someone else.” http://nie.mn/aJ5krm »

With leaderboard ads on image search results, Google begins to tap its huge display ad potential http://nie.mn/drdNV5 »

75% of brands’ Facebook “Likes” come from ads http://nie.mn/bUakUR »

 
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