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July 23rd, 2008

N.Y. Times to customize news via LinkedIn profiles

Funny. I was just thinking how newspapers were failing partly because they couldn’t keep up with in-depth news of professional interest. Now the New York Times will use LinkedIn profiles to help serve up news useful to specific readers who request the service. This could be A Good Thing if LinkedIn and the Times respect privacy.

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