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Aug. 18, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: HP jettisons tablets, retweet makes OED, Twitterers bring down spammer

Another academic PSA: U. Minnesota is looking for an assistant professor in journalism http://t.co/BjP2s8Z »

@HubSpot acquires @oneforty, forming a sort of app store for marketing http://t.co/Ct9mUvI »

HP is getting out of the tablet business, altogether ditching webOS-powered hardware http://t.co/DFwLDZI »

Great opportunity for a great academic: @USCAnnenberg is hiring a junior scholar of journalism studies http://t.co/TtMTfeQ »

RT @CBM: 10 risky default settings in social media that you need to check http://t.co/NpNJ9k0 »

Psst, @frontlinepbs is offering a peek at its redesign and asking for user feedback http://t.co/17Nwl9C »

Newly minted words in the O.E.D. include retweet, cyberbullying, jeggings http://t.co/fzmzEA5 »

A wild yarn: How a notorious spammer was brought down by Twitter http://t.co/XJ2zkjN via @jayrosen_nyu »

What ever happened to @YourHub? Good piece following its uneasy path http://t.co/Y0y3ciI »

Another day, another Google launch: Magnifier is for music discovery http://t.co/Z3V5jPS »

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Journalists fight digital decay
“Physical deterioration, outdated formats, publications disappearing, and the relentless advance of technology leave archives vulnerable.”
A generation of journalists moves on
“Instead of rewarding these things with fair pay, job security and moral support, journalism as an industry exploits their love of the craft.”
Prediction markets go mainstream
“If all of this sounds like a libertarian fever dream, I hear you. But as these markets rise, legacy media will continue to slide into irrelevance.”