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April 11, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Time consuming media rises, New Yorker puts a Like wall around Franzen and Free Darko goes dark

"People who work at NPR perceive me as internal affairs and people outside of NPR perceive me as a shill for NPR" http://nie.mn/ewemv0 »

Thoughts and tips on when (and when not) to link in stories http://nie.mn/e1vMxT »

RT @ONAConf: Registration is now open for ONA11 http://j.mp/hvvyCr »

More hires at Frontline as the show beefs up its journalism and prepares for a post-broadcast future http://nie.mn/gxIPQx »

"Revolutions and movements either burn out, go underground, or fade into what’s next" http://nie.mn/fdHlR4 »

Online dating not popular with NPR listeners under 34. Oh, and other audience Internet usage data. http://nie.mn/dXl3P4 »

A case for why Twitter should have an editorial framework to weed out disinformation http://nie.mn/hLXfNi »

Want to read the latest New Yorker story from Jonathan Franzen online? Gotta "Like It" first: http://nie.mn/iixLKa »

Like Radiolab? Check out this cool "sonic gallery" from the NYT showing the sounds behind the show http://nie.mn/hwChzR »

Sports owners, journalism and business: Why two NBA team owners say they don’t need the media http://nie.mn/h0y8Tz »

Bloomberg BusinessWeek launches its iPad app for $2.99, a bet on monthly access over single copies http://nie.mn/fV4MbH »

Stat: 8 hours and 11 minutes. That’s the average daily time we spend consuming media. It’s up from 2001 http://nie.mn/hv98uD »

Is the Bing! iPad app secretly a news app? http://nie.mn/eDQKu3 »

"The BBC should push on standards that make the web a better place" http://nie.mn/hx1BMR »

A team of investigative journalists are using Spot.us to fund a series on the media’s decline in SF http://nie.mn/fTJDTK »

The NYTimes is investing more in About.com, including 200 new sites and a new homepage http://nie.mn/g83tYC »

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