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Top Five Oct. 20, 2009

  1. NY Times cuts 100 jobs
    Read Keller's memo;
  2. The Reconstruction of American Journalism
    Detailed report and recommendations from Leonard Downie, Jr. and Michael Schudson
  3. Barnes & Noble unveils e-reader
    The Nook will cost $259, have color screen
  4. 5 billion tweets
    Twitter hits benchmark, 3.4 billion tweets sent in last six months
  5. Tracing the news
    New York Mag walks back a day of news to determine origin of reporting

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