What You Need To Know This Week (February/17)

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Retailers Shut Facebook Storefonts: http://t.co/DUpas4v0 <= I will say it again, Social Commerce is not a tab on FB!!: http://t.co/235YVMV3

The Guardian Thrives in Facebook's Walled Garden: http://t.co/4MF9WRGH

Four Weird Things the Internet Is Doing to Our Understanding of Television: http://t.co/b0UOTXIP

Why Journalism Teachers Should Give Format-Agnostic Assignments: http://t.co/xpeABq5j

Note to businesses: if Cisco is worried about Skype, it's because you don't need Cisco's hugely expensive systems: http://t.co/IslzI8SM

"Twitter did/did not break news" is the new "bloggers vs journalists": http://t.co/YLmj9xP8 <= very good point!!

Facebook to Release Timeline for Brands This Month <= this could seriously disrupt the use of tabs: http://t.co/8xsVU9ai

Boost in digital subscribers for the Times and Sunday Times: http://t.co/gtotBigB

I missed this last month, but Google is now punishing sites that overload pages with ads.: http://t.co/Oau4s7dS

Tablet Owners: More e-Commerce In Digital Magazines: http://t.co/tMsRIaKP

Toyota Under Fire For #CamryEffect Twitter Spam Superbowl Promotion: http://t.co/pwNSV9Ez <= brands, don't fall for the more exposure trap!

After a Year, Murdoch's The Daily Is a Struggle: http://t.co/xEHgNpvS

Newspaper Extinction Timeline: Infographic of which year they will go in each country: http://t.co/or9uIdfQ

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