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Quite possibly the coolest visualization ever* -- showing edits to the OpenStreetMap project during 2008.

Click here for details on the project itself. H/T to Eric & Jeff for the link.

OSM 2008: A Year of Edits from ItoWorld on Vimeo.

* I was going to say "the coolest visualization of open source ever," but a) that may not be a very high bar, and b) that sounds ridiculously geeky, even for me....

... from the Media Future Now lunch discussion on the state of the (online) economy.

The opening sentence of NBC's "First Read" this morning, on last night's debates:

FIRST THOUGHTS: Nothing changed

Thanks Chuck, Mark, and the rest of the political unit. In less than 2 seconds, you confirmed my take on last night -- which means I don't have to read the remaining four pages that you spent the morning pulling together, making sure that people who paid far closer attention to the debate didn't pick up on something important I missed.

Jeff Jarvis is -- as usual -- right on target with this post that pillories Los Angeles Times staffers for suing Tribune owner Sam Zell when their own complacency and hubris over the past 15+ years is at least as much to blame.

Looks like Google is serious about that whole "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible" thing.

Bad news in Thursday's New York Times: The New York Sun reportedly needs millions in new investment to avoid closing at month-end.

The Sun is far from my favorite New York paper -- that nod would go to the Times and the Observer -- but the nose dive that is print journalism's business model is just depressing. It almost makes the 00:01:28 mark in the Daily Show clip below too true to be funny.

TechCrunch has the details on a federal-court summary judgement involving Veoh.

The judge's guidelines for what consitutes "reasonable precautions" for a sites that serve up user-posted video seem reasonable. Combined with last week's ruling on fair use, it's almost like there's some sanity emerging in the world of digital copyright...

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel ruled today that copyright owners must consider "fair use" before alleging infringement and sending take-down notices to YouTube and other video-sharing sites.

In this era of buyouts, shrinking circulations and general mainstream-media malaise, it's easy to poke fun and point fingers. But there are lots of smart people fighting the good fight, and finding new ways to weave their print and broadcast businesses into the Interweb. To wit:

Just curious -- is there ANY media outlet that Brad DeLong believes is NOT in a