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July 9, 2010, 6:01 p.m.

Links on Twitter: AOL launches map projects, NPR goes SAT, YouTube sets up original video fund

What Vaudeville can teach us about journalism: @niemanstory on iterative attention http://j.mp/bF6BfL »

Analyzing failure’s great, but so is analyzing success: some thoughts on successful entrepreneurship http://j.mp/ba3jda »

Salon sees social media-fueled traffic surge 720% http://j.mp/alxbqw »

YouTube sets up $5 million fund to finance original videos http://j.mp/c1lIj6 »

NPR goes SAT, AARP http://j.mp/bduTpz »

New @niemanstory: “A kind of anti-narrative stillness in the visuals deepens the story that is delivered through sound” http://j.mp/bL7Xp5 »

AOL launches open-source maps projects in the US and UK http://j.mp/an6d8i »

 
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