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Top 5 Week Twelve

Mark Glaser

by Mark Glaser, April 4, 2006

  1. Customer-created ads
    Chevy Tahoe debacle just tip of the iceberg
  2. MSNBC Mobile
    Cell news service is ad-supported and free of charge
  3. Canceling print NY Times
    Slate's Shafer likes web redesign, won't pay for paper
  4. Newsvine
    Holy Trinity of news: read it, write it, argue about it
  5. Blogswana
    Ambitious plan for AIDS awareness in Africa via blogs
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Curt said:

April 5, 2006 10:50 PM

Nice of you to mention us, Mark. I have a good feeling about this because in addition to AIDS awareness in Africa, it will hopefully re-educate us in the west to the half-forgotten fact that the mortality rate may have dropped here, but not nearly as much elsewhere. Plus, it will educate those taking part in blogging and other social software, tech in general, in the tools of journalism and in health reporting.

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