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There’s another reason the L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings are bad (this one doesn’t involve the Klan)
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Oct. 5, 2009, 5:54 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Must-read interview with Google CEO, spider chart of paid-content potential, TV spot for Turkish edition of New York Times

Extensive, must-read interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt on his company’s role in the future of news http://tr.im/AyH0 »

Scroll down for the @newsosaur‘s spider chart of content that news organizations can charge money for http://tr.im/AKbk »

Instead of a paywall, Rupert Murdoch’s The Times is going with a paid membership model (for now) http://tr.im/AK8I »

Today kicks off National Newspaper Week. A telling collection of editorials on the occasion: http://tr.im/AK3D »

Interesting that Columbia Journalism School is seeking applicants among Talking Points Memo readers http://twitpic.com/k3afz »

Strangely captivating, 60-second TV spot for the Turkish edition of the New York Times http://tr.im/AKKB »

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