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March 8, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: The Dallas Morning News paywall rises, ProPublica hosts a longform discussion and Media Gazer turns 1

If you’re creating a newsgame, how do you narrow down the topics? http://nie.mn/fABYt1 »

Want your newspaper to be a host family for a Knight-Mozilla news innovation fellow? Here’s some tips http://nie.mn/f9436M »

RT @ONAConf: Due to popular demand, #ONA11 Session Selector deadline extended to Thursday http://j.mp/gAAR4I »

.@MediaGazer turns 1 today! Happy Birthday! Someone send an ice cream cake to @Megan http://nie.mn/gzLUYa »

Who needs the Dish? The Atlantic looks to tech, photography and new Life channel http://nie.mn/hKx6Qs »

"A combination of high costs and falling ad revenues — isn’t something a paywall is going to help solve" http://nie.mn/ijR06M »

Attending SXSW Interactive? Mark Briggs offers a list of dos and don’ts for journalists http://nie.mn/hA6cM3 »

Reuters is launching new science, accounting and legal news products to "cut through the clutter" http://nie.mn/esn7cc »

ESPN goes behind the scenes at ESPN, with ESPN blog about ESPN http://nie.mn/fhODsC »

"How has the idea of the news story changed in a world of information abundance?http://nie.mn/ee4pAL »

*Swoon* ProPublica is hosting an event on longform storytelling with Ira Glass, David Remnick and more http://nie.mn/dTKnod »

Hulu, Netflix and Facebook? Warner Bros. movies will now be available to rent on Facebook http://nie.mn/gCZ8M0 »

In other paywall news, Gannett is considering whether to charge for access to some papers http://nie.mn/hdI12c »

Ad revenue at the Slate Group is up 33%, thanks in part to better video, comments and social media http://nie.mn/eCWiam »

Flipcams, Audioboos, Twitpics and more: A rundown of tools and resources Al Jazeera Online uses http://nie.mn/geNo3b »

Today the Dallas Morning News paywall goes live. http://nie.mn/fsPSvx »

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Embracing influencers as allies
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