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There’s another reason the L.A. Times’ AI-generated opinion ratings are bad (this one doesn’t involve the Klan)
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June 1, 2010, 6:16 p.m.

Links on Twitter: 22% of consumers plan to shop via mobile next year, NYT is hiring a social media producer, Hulu’s growth curve is starting flatten

Behold, a video even more mesmerizing than the baby-with-an-iPad http://j.mp/czPbY9: @nickbilton‘s-dog-with-an-iPad http://j.mp/9yoB3y »

Hulu’s growth curve is starting to flatten http://j.mp/dxlovp »

Linking: endorsement or parasitism? @laheadle responds to @chanders http://j.mp/b73L6h »

The Tumblrization of WordPress? Blogging platform adds its own “like” and reblogging features http://j.mp/d8Zki2 »

New York Times is hiring a community and social media producer to “serve as advocate for user-generated content” http://j.mp/a9hr9O »

Campbell Brown reflects on her departure from CNN: “trying to represent an unbiased perspective is simply harder” http://j.mp/bjQEcC »

State of California to partner with Microsoft, Google, Programmable Web to run open data apps contest http://j.mp/bdSuqB »

Toronto Globe & Mail, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper, plans to outsource its copy-editing (via @mathewi) http://j.mp/bzKGiK »

Experian finds 22% of consumers plan to make a purchase with their mobile device http://j.mp/922aO8 »

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