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April 7, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: NYT offers legal advice to bloggers, ESPN takes TV everywhere and meet WaPo’s widget squad

Tales of the Permalancer: An AOL Music writer recounts his time, "contributions" and end with AOL http://nie.mn/dU5tSx »

Look who’s joined the Tumblr game: @ONA http://nie.mn/ht7LUO »

USA Today may begin offering a pageview bonus to their writers http://nie.mn/gKjAQf »

What If the CPB had $178? "’Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!’ would be broadcast live from a moon base." http://nie.mn/fYxOnr »

Good news! Newsroom employment numbers are bouncing back http://nie.mn/hzRUkQ »

One of Mexico’s more successful paywalled newspapers is looking at how to charge for mobile apps http://nie.mn/idYoTO »

Are UK publishers making money on the web? Yes. But how does it compare to the rest of their revenue? http://nie.mn/ffk8hX »

Are UK publishers make money on the web? Yes. But how does it compare to the rest of their revenue? http://nie.mn/ffk8hX »

"Curate is code for ‘I have a discerning eye and great taste.’” http://nie.mn/iiAdzR »

Armenia briefly lost its Internet, not because of protests, but because of a 75-year-old woman http://nie.mn/eBXpLT »

Are you a blogger? Need legal advice? The New York Times Knowledge Network is here for you http://nie.mn/h1gXkI »

Google is beefing up YouTube with new channels and original programming http://nie.mn/gGwzhI »

Meet the people whose job it is to build news widgets for the WaPo at a moments notice http://nie.mn/eFnr11 »

ESPN just got into the TV everywhere game with the WatchESPN app for iPhone and iPads http://nie.mn/gpKy1P »

NYU Local is hosting a young journalists event this weekend w/ @FelixSalmon, @AntDeRosa and more http://nie.mn/gfk7jt »

Why its important for news sites to be instructive on how they want their online engagement to work http://nie.mn/gUL50k »

Whoa whoa whoa says NYT, that paywall wasn’t $40 million. It was more like $25 million http://nie.mn/gPuB10 »

The best job I never had: The death of Gourmet, Ruth Reichl’s new venture and one woman’s job hunt http://nie.mn/fY3eOI »

The multimedia empire that is Vice just keeps growing, now with serious mainstream investment http://nie.mn/eH6J1E »

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