» A year-and-a-half after the NYT created the position of Social Media Editor to help the paper’s reporters manage, gather and distribute news from microblogs and community sites, the job is being eliminated. The duties will absorbed by interactive news team. The first and only person to hold that post, Jennifer Preston, will now be covering social media news as a reporter. [Poynter, Nieman Lab]
» The Super Bowl, the biggest TV advertising night of the year, may have to flee free broadcast and turn to pay TV if the government starts messing around in the “private business negotiations of retrans,” says National Association of Broadcasters president Gordon Smith. [B&C]
» Hulu users were confronted with an apparent glitch that swapped queues among users. [TechCrunch]
» PayPal, in the news this week due to a fight with WikiLeaks over the whistleblower’s funds, is considering some acquiring as it tries to grow out of parent eBay’s shadow. [eMoney]
» Has Facebook “jumped the shark” by trying to do too much, too quickly? Probably not, but see what you think: [AdAge]
» Journalism schools aren’t just about teaching any more, they’re building new businesses. [Mediashift]

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