links for 2010-09-08

The independently managed Argo sites combine original blogs and items collected — NPR prefers the trendier term "curated" — from other sources. Each station will decide how much to integrate the new sites with other Web endeavors.

As a result, the old media wall between editorial and advertising is completely blurred, painted over and on some of the biggest McHyperlocals, nonexistent, with "reporters" covering Town Hall and then quickly banging out ravishing coverage of restaurants and tire stores–that's the true "community" on these sites–free listings in the guise of journalism.