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Feb. 2, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Univision starts posting content to YouTube, Global Post hopes to depend less on ads next year, Google launches ‘star’ system

In Global Post’s first year, ads drew in 70% of revenue, premium accts + syndication 30%. CEO wants 50-50 http://j.mp/choP3h »

Digg this? How about g-star? Google starts listing top 20 most recently “starred” news stories http://j.mp/dwn5K8 »

Leading venture capitalist, former News Corp digital chief says online video “becomes mainstream” in 2010 http://j.mp/bf1gSi »

Attn newspaper reporters! Taylor prize for “fairness” in journalism is coming up. Grand prize, $10K http://j.mp/a19zOE »

Percentage of media execs predicting the micropayment model is the future drops from 23% to 8% in 2 years http://j.mp/9Okn80 »

Univision starts posting content to YouTube today, with Kraft Foods as its sole sponsor http://j.mp/dbUAEP »

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