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April 9, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: The fact-checker divide, News Corp’s deep discounts, “the cleansing power of the rewrite”

Who’s solving what and how? New site on social change launches to cover stories with a solution frame http://j.mp/9L88l2 »

The New Yorker currently has 16 fact-checkers, @CraigSilverman reports for @CJR; Der Spiegel has 80 http://j.mp/btxtbX »

Rethinking documentary for the Web: @niemanstory on the line between characters, spectators http://j.mp/aWtBOm »

Investigation. Explanation. Collaboration. @ProPublica, @NPRAmericanLife team up for a big hedge fund expose http://j.mp/a1HVv3 »

Good things ahead RT @markcoddington I’ll be doing full-time work for @NiemanLab to help launch a cool future-of-news project of theirs. »

Guardian News & Media strikes deal to outsource all its commercially funded supplements, website work http://j.mp/bCifyg »

FT and Domino’s prepare tie-ups with Foursquare (via @iwantmedia) http://j.mp/9udPxv »

Josh Benton on the link economy: “Is the Puritan cleansing power valuable enough for us to spend a whole lot of time rewriting copy?” »

NBC.com enlists the Filter to determine what visitors to its site want to watch http://j.mp/amAMGE »

News Corp offering discounts of between 79, 83% for full-page ads in WSJ and Post, the FT reports http://j.mp/aLvG4o »

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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“Physical deterioration, outdated formats, publications disappearing, and the relentless advance of technology leave archives vulnerable.”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.”