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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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Jan. 12, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Pandora grows beyond the computer, blogger makes “four figures” with paid tweets, ’99 was better than ’09 for media stocks

Top-rated ideas for YouTube include: ditch ratings, improve layout, share moderation. http://j.mp/6X8oRR (sign-in required) »

A sample of 5 media stocks looks good when you compare ’09 to ’08, but not so good when it’s ’09 vs. ’99. http://j.mp/85Y9ye »

When the NFL ramps up for ’10-’11, you might want to match analyst predictions against this chart: http://j.mp/4xRpS2 »

A well-known blogger says his pay-per-tweet income is in the “four figures.” http://j.mp/5QrHR3 »

2.7 million of Pandora’s 3 million new users activated on a device other than a computer. http://j.mp/83UjRh »

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