4 Minute Roundup: Scoble on Twitter Lists; Time, Newsweek Hurting

Here's the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week's edition, I look at Twitter Lists and how they allow people to group the people they follow on Twitter. Some say they might replace RSS feed readers. Robert Scoble answers Just One Question about how Twitter Lists have changed his life. Plus, magazines are hurting once again, with Time Inc. planning big layoffs and \$100 million in cost-cutting, while Newsweek saw ad sales drop 48% in the quarter.\n\nCheck it out:\n\n\n\n

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\n\nBackground music is \"What the World Needs\" by the \"The Ukelele Hipster Kings\":http://www.mevio.com/music/?artist_id=1930 via PodSafe Music Network. \n\nHere are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:\n\n\"The Twittering Masses Get Lists\":http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/10/30/the-tweeting-masses-get-lists/ at WSJ Digits\n\n\"Hands-On with Twitter Lists\":http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10385997-2.html at News.com\n\n\"Twitter Lists Goes Live\":http://searchengineland.com/twitter-lists-goes-live-28832 at Search Engine Land\n\n\"Why I Don't Use Google Reader Anymore\":http://scobleizer.posterous.com/why-i-dont-use-google-reader-anymore at Scobleizer\n\n\"World Series Game 2 - Follow Live On Twitter Lists\":http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/29/world-series-game-2---liv_n_339049.html at Huffington Post\n\n\"Listorious\":http://listorious.com/\n\n\"Time Inc. Is Expected to Eliminate More Jobs\":http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/business/media/30mag.html at NY Times\n\n\"Bad News From the Washington Post - Ad Sales Slide Again\":http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091030/bad-news-from-the-washington-post-ad-sales-slide-again/ at Media Memo\n\n\"Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged - Newsweek Revels In Condé Losses\":http://www.mediaite.com/online/judge-not-lest-ye-be-judged-newsweek-regails-conde-nast-losses/ at Mediaite\n\nAdded Bonus: Here's the entire interview with Robert Scoble:\n\n\n\n

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\n\nHere's a graphical view of last week's MediaShift survey results. The question was: \"What do you think about the real-time web?\"\n\n

\n\nAlso, be sure to vote in our poll about the future of newsweekly magazines.\n\nMark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and \"Idea Lab\":http://www.pbs.org/idealab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the \"Online Publishers Association\":http://www.online-publishers.org. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter \"@mediatwit\":http://www.twitter.com/mediatwit.\n