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Sept. 13, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Local East Village launches, YouTube looks to live-streaming, WordPress launches blog subscriptions

A thorough look at the future of social media in journalism http://nie.mn/9VbZ8J »

Chicago City Council changes definition of reporter to include part-timers, digital journos http://j.mp/9BXDJ4 »

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“The next chapter in online video”: YouTube is experimenting, again, with live-streaming http://nie.mn/d92RsQ »

RIP, the Press Release (1906-2010) — and Long Live the Tweet http://nie.mn/bZOWWt »

Yahoo! News launches “Ask America,” a social media hub for the midterm elections http://nie.mn/9lcOW9 »

WordPress launches blog subscriptions http://nie.mn/9z8ayN »

.@Nytlev, NYU’s local-news partnership with the NYT, launches today http://nie.mn/dk5T0r »

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The California Google deal could leave out news startups and the smallest publishers
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