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Top 5 Sept. 29, 2009

  1. CNN's pay iPhone app
    Charges $1.99 for streaming, news alerts, updates, iReport features
  2. Newspapers exit bankruptcy
    Three companies emerge from Chapter 11; Star Tribune searching for publisher
  3. Death of newspapers illustrated
    Mint.com produces detailed, depressing infographic
  4. WaPo's social media guidelines
    Prevents journos from talking about newsroom activities, competitors
  5. Facebook poll threatens Obama
    Poll asked "Should Obama Be Killed?"; story broken by blogger

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