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@niemanlab archives: July 1, 2009

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Toward the end of Michael Wolff’s profile, we learn: Politico breaking even this year with revenue of $15m http://tr.im/quWR 
 
Why NPR turned its camera on the audience at a Senate hearing, and how its own crowd is writing the caption http://tr.im/qudz 
 
NPR asks users: Please identify the lobbyists in these Flickr photos of audience at Senate hearing http://tr.im/qsN4 (via @journalismnews
 
What happens when the bank owns your local newspaper? http://tr.im/qsc9 That’s where lots of indebted papers are headed. 
 
The Wall Street Journal wants to know: Would you pay for their iPhone app? http://tr.im/qsi9 (Reconsidering plans to charge?) 
 
@Chanders Yes, definitely. I plucked out the findings that looked statistically significant by my eye but can’t say for sure. 
 
@madciapka Yeah, that feels right. The study also finds that self-referential language isn’t retweeted as often. Gotta face outward. 
 
New at the Lab: When the sports league owns the network — and pays the journalists http://tr.im/qsb4 (third in a series) 
 
Linguistic analysis finds retweets use more complex, novel, and social language than tweets in general http://tr.im/qsxn 
 
Guatemala jails @jeanfer for 96-character tweet. Followers help bail him out http://tr.im/qs8d (via @citmedialaw
 
Good morning! In the top 50 U.S. markets, local newspaper sites reach twice the audience as local TV sites http://tr.im/qs2W