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May 4, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Google enters the future-predicting biz, CNN and CBS News in partnership talks, Ning goes premium

NYT introduces Version 3 of its Times Newswire API http://j.mp/cUgEgP »

The Good Soldiers author David Finkel on TGS, Wikileaks, and the deliberative narrative (via @niemanstoryhttp://j.mp/cTn54h »

Google Ventures invests in app that tries to predict the future http://j.mp/caau4H »

RT @zseward: Smart, hilarious, and awful: Bloomberg BusinessWeek sponsoring free shoe shines in Midtown: http://twitpic.com/1l0n3x »

CBS News and CNN: reportedly back in partnership negotiations http://j.mp/9Z8xu5 »

Google will begin selling digital books this summer http://j.mp/dfimqJ »

Google tops Compete’s March list of top 50 sites, Facebook right behind http://j.mp/cU0aBD »

Ning goes premium with a three-tiered pricing structure (via @TechCrunchhttp://j.mp/d5nYnm »

Hilarity: @geneweingarten on “the great philosophical schism” btw Facebook, Twitter (via @NiemanReportshttp://j.mp/9DPwg3 »

Twitter, @NPR honored for “Best Practices” in Webby Awards; see full list of winners here http://j.mp/bdqY »

Draft language of online privacy bill expected today. Players in the $23 billion internet ad biz say, no need! http://j.mp/bcE8Jc »

The first edition of @pierre‘s Honolulu Civil Beat is now live http://j.mp/bwNexu »

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