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Last Night at School Committee distills hours-long public meetings into half-hour podcast episodes
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March 11, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: WSJ’s tablet gains, Instapaper’s social updates, Lab sessions at #ONA11

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The winner in the Dallas Morning News paywall play: ESPN? http://nie.mn/ehhTZZ »

#ONA11! In Boston! Some Lab sessions for your consideration: http://nie.mn/hwuDnp »

Instapaper 3.0 allows sharing with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and more http://nie.mn/ewag2Z »

WSJ claims 200,000 total paying tablet subscribers—150,000 of them coming in the past year http://nie.mn/fq4iWZ »

With the Japan #tsunami, Wikipedia again shows its power as a breaking-news outlet (via @dsearls) http://nie.mn/dEzHQz »

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