Links on Twitter: Murdoch on the iPad v. Kindle, superlatives do well on Facebook, Time revenue up in Q1

Most shareable Facebook words: superlatives like "best" and "most" do well, "why" and "how" also popular http://j.mp/clagPo »

Heartening: Time Inc.’s revenue and subscriptions up in the first three months of 2010 http://j.mp/aOnFAz »

National Journal Group prepares to fight Politico in front of its paywall, new Atlantic site to launch this fall http://j.mp/bH2obN »

WSJ iPad update with context: 64,000 users have downloaded the app once. 3,200 have paid http://j.mp/buCUUw (h/t @thejqs) »

Murdoch on WSJ’s 64,000 iPad users: “Unlike the Kindle, we keep 100% of the revenue from the iPad.” http://j.mp/bBJDz4 »

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

Joshua Benton

PressPad, an attempt to bring some class diversity to posh British journalism, is shutting down

“While there is even more need for this intervention than when we began the project, the initiative needs more resources than the current team can provide.”

Richard Tofel

Is the Texas Tribune an example or an exception? A conversation with Evan Smith about earned income

“I think risk aversion is the thing that’s killing our business right now.”

Jeff Jarvis

The California Journalism Preservation Act would do more harm than good. Here’s how the state might better help news

“If there are resources to be put to work, we must ask where those resources should come from, who should receive them, and on what basis they should be distributed.”