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Jan. 13, 2011, 4:30 p.m.

Popular on Twitter: Wikipedia’s usage is on the rise, the NYT still gets half its traffic from its homepage, a Silicon slapfight

  • A first glimpse of Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper
  • Social media grows at the NYT, but the homepage is still king
  • Far beyond pageviews: 11 emerging news metrics to watch in 2011
  • Where’s the Tunisia revolution coverage in the U.S. media?
  • A Silicon Valley slapfight
  • Beat the NCAA at its own game
  • Interactive feature: Obama’s address in Arizona
  • Kristof: Why not regulate guns as seriously as toys or cars?
  • 42% of adult Americans use Wikipedia, up from 25% in 2007
  • Virginia Heffernan leaves the NYT magazine
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