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@niemanlab archives: July 15, 2009

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@daverawkblog Might be true for certain sites, but he seems to have spent too much time on YouTube and too little time on MetaFilter. 
 
Boston Globe op-ed says comments on news sites are worthless. Naturally, 137 people have commented http://tr.im/sxcu 
 
Unofficial link-shortener for New York Times URLs, by @donohoe, is back up and running http://nyturl.com 
 
It’s profitable: Two guys covering local business in five U.S. cities — with an assist from India http://tr.im/svWq 
 
European publishers say they won’t “give away” content to search engines. Google says, OK, here’s how http://tr.im/sv4E 
 
What MetaFilter’s servers looked like in 2002 http://tr.im/sup9 (per http://tr.im/supo via @brunoboutot
 
This looks useful: Publish2 releases a WordPress plugin for keeping track of your links http://tr.im/sts9 
 
@jayrosen_nyu In this memo, Nick Denton says intent of new comments system is to “reinstitute the class system” http://bit.ly/TpKnH 
 
Is Politico a news organization, meme organization, or what? http://tr.im/srjm (Your comments welcome here and at the post.) 
 
Good morning! Surprisingly, local businesses account for 20% of advertising on social networks http://tr.im/sqO9