Links on Twitter: Google calls publishers’ bluff, covering local business, MetaFilter’s servers in 2002

European publishers say they won’t “give away” content to search engines. Google says, OK, here’s how http://tr.im/sv4E »

It’s profitable: Two guys covering local business in five U.S. cities — with an assist from India http://tr.im/svWq »

Surprisingly, local businesses account for 20% of advertising on social networks http://tr.im/sqO9 »

Unofficial link-shortener for New York Times URLs, by @donohoe, is back up and running http://nyturl.com »

What MetaFilter’s servers looked like in 2002 http://tr.im/sup9 (per http://tr.im/supo via @brunoboutot) »

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

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

Jeff Jarvis

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“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.”