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Aug. 1, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: New Yorker iPad app gains readers, Longshot 2 debuts and the role of media in Parks and Recreation

First it was paywalls to help cover the cost of news. Now? The nagwall http://nie.mn/pskhmR »

Awesomeness: An analysis of the role of the media in Pawnee on Parks and Recreation http://nie.mn/n4CCT4 »

PSA: Lots of job opportunities for news developers on this list http://nie.mn/pel7Ag »

Survey says the affluent like their news in print, according to Ad Age http://nie.mn/nSXmT4 »

The Huffington Post has passed 100 million comments, averaged 175,000/day last week http://nie.mn/rpXIPQ »

“So how exactly is Python programming useful in creative writing?” http://nie.mn/qkAzpf »

Inside Sports Illustrated as it remakes itself into a digital company http://nie.mn/qJ2Hx9 »

What’s it like job hunting if you’re a programmer-journalist? http://nie.mn/qVU6Q5 »

Turns out people like words: The New Yorker has 100,000 iPad readers http://nie.mn/ny0snW »

Vanity Fair has released an ebook of their best reporting on Rupert Murdoch http://nie.mn/p4oD6B »

The second issue of @Longshotmag is in the bag! Check out the debt issue and congrats to all involved http://nie.mn/p3tgZI »

What are the benefits to publishers for using NewsBeat? http://nie.mn/n4V1i6 »

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