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@niemanlab archives: July 8, 2009

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Jul
For the late crowd: How and why Talking Points Memo plans to double its editorial staff, open bureau in DC http://tr.im/rp5a 
 
@harrisj Is this the same vampire that’s plaguing the Wall Street Journal? http://bit.ly/AIl19 
 
Re previous tweet, please see reply by NNN president @JKNews: http://tr.im/rqNe Says he does not endorse proposal to tighten copyright law. 
 
Proposal to tighten copyright law gets nod from CEO of National Newspaper Network http://tr.im/rqzu (paging @jeffjarvis
 
NYT couldn’t make it to #sunvalley, so they’re running tweets by rivals that could http://tr.im/rqbH Here: http://tr.im/rqbL 
 
Why don’t web reporters want to sell their own ads? ASSME asked them http://tr.im/rpvZ 
 
As @mogross observes, Pandora’s new freemium model is worth studying, though not easy to replicate for news http://tr.im/rpt2 
 
New at the Lab: How a newspaper webcast (Ledger Live) became less like a news show and more like a blog http://tr.im/rpcC 
 
@mogross Sure, that’s the Financial Times model to an extent (paywall after certain # of articles). But easier to sell music than news. 
 
@jzheel Hah, perfect! I wanted to make a joke about it but couldn’t think of one. 
 
Love this: Russian newspaper prints on plastic bags at grocery store http://tr.im/roKD 
 
Talking Points Memo plans to open DC bureau http://tr.im/rp5a Josh Marshall explains the expansion and more in our interview. 
 
A wonderfully thorough guide to maximizing your revenue from Google AdSense http://tr.im/roK1 
 
New from the Lab book club: How viral culture is changing the ways we learn, share, create, and interact http://tr.im/roIm 
 
Good question, @marynmck. Though I confirmed the Times wants to run the piece, the arrangement isn’t precisely clear to me. Will check. 
 
New pitch at Spot.Us seeks reader funding for travel/science piece to be published in New York Times http://tr.im/roGv 
 
NYT yanks photos after MetaFilter cries Photoshop http://tr.im/ro5I Comment http://tr.im/ro5S Evidence http://tr.im/ro5O (via @austinkleon
 
The Washington Post was hit with a denial-of-service attack yesterday that slowed but didn’t crush the site http://tr.im/rnNt 
 
@Skatol Haha, I can only imagine how disappointed my cat would be if I tried serving her a petabyte as a snack. 
 
Good morning! A petabyte sounds delicious, if you pronounce it incorrectly. Visualized, it’s awesomely huge http://tr.im/rnMb