Links on Twitter: News Corp., Senate hearing, 50 most-popular newspaper blogs

News Corp. has assembled a “global team” to explore models for paid content. They’re focused on hardware http://tr.im/kDqA »

At today’s #futurej hearing, Sen. Kerry will say non-profit news orgs should get Capitol Hill credentials http://tr.im/kFbO »

Here’s the Center for Independent Media’s two-page briefing on the press credentials issue http://tr.im/kFPP (pdf) #futurej »

37 must-read blogs for data and visualization geeks or, really, anyone who’s seen a spreadsheet http://tr.im/kDsv »

The 50 most-popular newspaper blogs (NY Times has 22 of them) http://tr.im/kGPH »

Laura Hazard Owen

Hey, local news publishers: Give the people a calendar

“It shouldn’t be that difficult to keep an updated list of when and where and what the meetings are.”

Joshua Benton

Negative words in news headlines generate more clicks — but sad words are more effective than angry or scary ones

A massive study of Upworthy headlines — remember Upworthy? — shows how a few emotionally charged words can mean the difference between viral and ignored.

Laura Hazard Owen

Amazon calls it quits on newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

One Redditor: “I actually enjoy reading my local newspaper when it’s on the Kindle as opposed to the paper’s poorly designed website and frequently broken app.”