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    Feb. 9, 2010, 6 p.m.
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    Links on Twitter: 12% of Super Bowl watchers were also online, Facebook sharing surges 500% in 6 months, McClatchy CEO balks at Murdoch on Google

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    McClatchy CEO balks at Murdoch’s call to square off with Google. “To disengage is to risk marginalization” http://j.mp/bpqqG9 »

    Sharing on Facebook surged 500% in the last 6 months. Average user shares 12 pieces of content per week http://j.mp/aND2Hl »

    Papers move hyperlocal: Miami Herald, NY Post, Tribune partner with neighborhood news aggregator Outside.in http://j.mp/b31bO4 »

    Journalism foundation in Australia models new site on Spot.us, audience begins commissioning in a few months http://j.mp/adJwfz »

    Venture capital firm announces $400 million fund to back “innovation in the social and mobile Internet” http://j.mp/br0D05 »

    12% of Super Bowl watchers kept one eye online during the game, 23% of them were on Facebook http://j.mp/daIh1U »

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