Links on Twitter: CBS plans to cut iTunes prices, experts say Google isn’t making us stupid, reuters to add “paid services” this year

By Twitter Feb. 19, 2010, 6 p.m.

Reuters CEO says the site (drawing 30 million monthly uniques) will add “paid services” in 2010http://j.mp/cMeRjq »

Mixed media book publisher, Vook, which integrates social media and video with text, gets $2.5 million in seed funding http://j.mp/9kPvUV »

Pew asks Internet experts: Is Google making us stupid? 81% say the net will have made us smarter by 2020 http://j.mp/azRQMB »

Study looks at publishers online money-making efforts, ie: WaPo’s point system creates strong base for a paywall http://j.mp/9C0waI »

Early win for Apple: CBS plans price cut for shows on iTunes. Will publishers bend for iPad? http://j.mp/cwinCY »

POSTED Feb. 19, 2010, 6 p.m.

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