Links on Twitter: Tumblr goes for revenue, devastating ad blockers, meet Mediagazer

By Twitter March 8, 2010, 6 p.m.

Now that it’s passed the billion-pageviews-a-month benchmark, Tumblr sets its sights on revenue generation http://j.mp/ct94iv »

Media exec on the problem with online video: “It’s hard to justify $75 CPMs on Hulu and other big properties” http://j.mp/dz4zEK »

“Be ready to shift gears often”: Our @martinlangeveld‘s white paper on publishers’ iPad strategies http://j.mp/djfrb4 »

Meet Mediagazer, Techmeme’s new aggregator of “must read media news” http://bit.ly/aEdvHL »

Ars Technica editor explains why ad blockers are devastating to your favorite sites (even if you wouldn’t click) http://j.mp/di1kYe »

POSTED March 8, 2010, 6 p.m.

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