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Jan. 6, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Six months of The Upshot, an annotated guide to the Constitution, a Rock Band-filled summer internship

Nick Clegg, calling British libel laws “an international laughing stock,” promises major reforms http://nie.mn/gQ7eu1 (via @CJR) »

Want to spend this summer with the awesome folks at @berkmancenter? Trust us, you probably do. http://nie.mn/fmCO4R »

In NNA’s survey of news consumers in small communities, 78% said they read most or all of their local paper http://nie.mn/fxCFmI »

2,700 blog posts, 450 million pageviews: @agolis on The Upshot’s first 6 months http://nie.mn/g3XsWh »

Forbes tracks print ad effectiveness by following online habits http://nie.mn/eQZYyr »

As Congress reads on, NYTimes offers a handy annotated guide to the Constitution http://nie.mn/gQTWkh »

Tribune is readying Mosaic, a news reading app for Microsoft tablets http://nie.mn/eg1bFm »

Company says it can predict a story’s performance 15 minutes into the future http://nie.mn/fhRxJY »

Cosmo prepares to publish in the Middle East. So many questions http://nie.mn/fgay9p »

Slate now more savable through iPad app (also with Instapaper support!) http://nie.mn/fuZV19 »

In the whodunnit of the death of newspapers, Google News says “it’s not us” http://nie.mn/gRNRKd »

Is Netflix Streaming the gateway drug to Internet TV? http://nie.mn/fK6BQK »

One take on the just-launched Mac app store: “It’s the beginning of the death of packaged software” http://nie.mn/gtkAs6 »

Under Newsweek’s new publisher, the mag’s ad sales staff will merge with The Daily Beast’s http://nie.mn/emmnmg »

 
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