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Top 5 November 3, 2009

  1. Texas Tribune launches
    Non-profit news outfit delivers reporting and data
  2. Quitting over pay wall
    Saul Friedman quits column over Newsday's charge for access
  3. Politico's DC site
    Recruits Jim Brady, former editor of Washingtonpost.com
  4. DVRs help ads?
    46 percent of viewers still watch commercials on DVR
  5. Esquire's augmented reality
    December issue cover gets animated when held in front of webcams

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