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Google’s interest in saving newspapers is all about Google. Keep your friends close and frenemies closer.

I was wrong. There are at least nine people outside of Apple who have the iPad. One is Stephen Colbert, who has the best review yet. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

If Ashton Kutcher’s 4.5 million Twitter followers make you feel inadequate, I’ve got good news: scientists investigating social networks have punked the “influentials” theory that drives celebrities to the top of the charts. Aplusk, who boasts that he’s bigger than CNN, is apparently overrated. A new study finds that the importance of most influential spreaders [...]

I love this, and my day is now a little less sucky, thanks to an invitation from Blogads founder Henry Copeland (aka @HC): SUXORZ: the worst social media campaigns of ’09.