.@Mathewi to the media: “We are all brands now, so get used to it.” http://nie.mn/l6lN6j »

PayPal now has 100 million active users http://nie.mn/krrhC0 »

In case you missed it last week: Afghanistan’s amazing DIY Internet (via @brainpicker) http://nie.mn/ljhsIH »

.@Breakingnews launches a feature allowing local news orgs to fast-track tips to its editors http://nie.mn/iS4B9F »

.@longshotmag Issue 2. July 29-31. NYC. http://nie.mn/kHauUi »

Nice! Check out Twitter for Newsrooms, @twittermedia‘s just-launched guide for journos http://nie.mn/mzwc34 »

.@robinsloan‘s key question for assessing local news experiments: Where’s the line between project and community? http://nie.mn/iQnXJY »

Help out a Googler: @mattcutts is looking for summer reading tips (no books about search, please) http://nie.mn/m4xJma »

MT @pomeranian99: With online gossip, *volume* matters. The more there is, the more likely it will self-correct: http://1.usa.gov/lEHrnY »

Joan Walsh goes to @NYTimes‘ homepage twice a day. ("There’s no substitute for seeing everything in context.") http://nie.mn/lLd3X3 »

Capote, Brando, and "big time": Fantastic inaugural entry in @niemanstory‘s "Why’s this so good?" series http://nie.mn/j5RS5K »

"’Transparency is the new objectivity.’ Twitter helps with that." http://nie.mn/m3AQee »

"A one-stop-shop for Holy See news": The Vatican is launching an online news portal http://nie.mn/ls7EDk »

Does Klout have clout? "You are being assigned a number in a very public way, whether you want it or not." http://nie.mn/jzwu7X »

From "Cher" to "spelunking": @NYTimes‘ new Sunday Review section includes a @waitwait quiz http://nie.mn/keLTUx »

Politico and Random House are teaming up to produce a series of campaign-related ebooks http://nie.mn/ifJ5Bx »

.@brianstelter is asking for thoughts on what to include in his book—via Twitter http://nie.mn/l30yZ4 »