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April 26, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Toronto Star limits user engagement, McClatchy mulls digital subscriptions, typewriters live

Keith Olbermann announces date, name of new Current TV show, and it is… “Countdown with Keith Olbermann.” http://nie.mn/fiDJAh »

Adobe’s (pricey) pricing model for iPad magazine publishers http://nie.mn/i9oU4B »

Toronto Star encourages reporters to “take advantage of social media” but engage cautiously http://nie.mn/elDzl3 »

Simon Barron: Given the fate of Google Video, Google can’t be trusted with our books http://nie.mn/eJutVb »

McClatchy plans to experiment with digital subscriptions http://nie.mn/ew6vq8 »

FishbowlDC: Bloomberg snags Michael Kinsley. “We hear … editors are being paid $500,000 or more to jump ship.” http://nie.mn/eClKxm »

Congrats, Jeff! RT @Poynter: Welcome @jeffsonderman, who joins the @Poynter team in mid-May, following @dkiesow on the mobile/social beat »

…but @Gawker says the typewriter isn’t dead yet http://nie.mn/hqyROh »

The last typewriter factory in the world is shutting down http://nie.mn/ghtwVZ »

YouTube will launch an on-demand movie service, The Wrap reports http://nie.mn/h1Qc5t »

@jayrosen_nyu reflects on what he (thinks he) knows about journalism, after 25 years teaching it http://nie.mn/i784Nj »

 
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