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Sounds like the shift to phones and tablets means less TV time. "In all, about 5 million people ended their cable and broadband subs between the beginning of 2010 and the end of this year."

This is a nice reminder that using social media is a choice, not an obligation.

The Atlantic has a very nice story about a recent Ask MetaFilter question.

Interesting alternative to the daily (hourly?) dose of information; gorging once/week. $1.99/month.

"These constructions acknowledge a truth: our actions are increasingly passive online, and we really are just looking for something to watch, click, share and receive."

Great article about the difference between Twitter and Facebook from Matt Haughey. Short version: Twitter = present, Facebook = past. See also: kottke, torrez

Having trouble keeping up with online videos? Rex Sorgatz will keep you up to date and give you some context here.

The media people are sharing on social networks via Embedly.

The top articles flowing through Readability.

News filter by Mule. Their description: "It's a summary of the day's news, written by an actual journalist, with links to the best reporting in the world, published once a day."

Not only words, but it's important to think about all of the digital artifacts of living. They're all moving toward the domain of companies in the name of convenience. This conversation explains some of the problems with that. [via waxy]

Another blow to native apps. The number of subscribers, money, and time that went into their native app is pretty amazing. They're shuttering their apps and moving everything to the Web.

A good infographic about media consolidation. This is why it's important to find, consume, and support independent everything.

Rushkoff looks back at Boorstin's seminal media book written in the Mad Men era. He describes our collective nostalgia for those times as: "Those last wonderful moments before we drifted off to sleep."