Popular online media topics on Twitter this week include: Amazing technology for photo manipulation, Rupert Murdochs Internet war and Google Wave.

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Every week I share a lot of online media links on Twitter (follow me at @johnei)  Here are the 5 links from last week that most of my followers clicked on according to statistics from the URL shortener service bit.ly:

Photosketch: Photo shop + image recognition = Awesome (Mashable)
This technology is just amazing – and if you haven’t checked it out, please do.

Rupert to Internet: It’s War (Vanity Fair)
A very interesting and well written article about Rupert Murdochs attempt to charge readers for news. Gives good background on the media mogul.

10 best iPhone apps for journalists (E-media Tidbits)
The article from Poynter Institute gives just what the title suggests. Check it out if your are a journalist using iPhone.

How Google Wave could transform journalism (Los Angeles Times)
Google Wave is causing quite a bit of atention these days, even though it is still in private beta. Here is how it may change how journalists work.

How publishers should plan for e-reading (BetaTales)
One of our own blog posts from last week, summing up the 2nd European E-reading Conference.  Since then it has been known that Amazon is making a global version of its Kindle, news that for sure will add a new dynamic to the European e-reading market.

Popular online media topics on Twitter last week include:  The death of the newspaper, practical tips for social journalism and how journalists can launch their own sites.

Every week I share a lot of online media links on Twitter (follow me at @johnei)  Here are the 5 links from last week that most of my followers clicked on according to statistics from the URL shortener service bit.ly:

The death of the newspaper (Mintlife)
An infographic illustrating very well the decline of the American newspaper industry.

10 practical tips for social journalism (BetaTales)
A very good slide presentation from JD Lasica, president of Socialmedia.biz,  giving practical advice to how local news organizations should use social media in their journalism. The presentation includes links to a number of useful tools.

7 amazing Twitter visualizations (10.000 Words)
10.000 Words presents itself as a blog where journalism and technology meet. I recommend that you follow this blog if you are interested in new tools of journalism. It is a great place to get practical tips.

HOW TO: Launch Your Own Indie Journalism Site (Mashable)
Mashable is one of the best blogs covering social media, and they frequently also write about journalism in the web 2.0 age. This article describes how laid-off journalists can start their own site.

Enough already about charging for content: How to make the free model work (PaidContent)
James A. Pitaro, vice president of media at Yahoo, presents what he describes as a blue print for making a free content model work.

Here are the 5 most popular online media links I have shared on Twitter last week (follow me at @johnei). Topics include: Covering election nights, how to make readers pay for news and Apple’s iTablet.

I use the bit.ly URL shortener when I share links on Twitter.  One of the advantages is that I can follow how many click on the links I share. In that way I get a good idea of what type of articles my followers appreciate the most.

These are the five most popular online media links I have shared on Twitter during the last week:

How news sites can cover an election night – examples from Norway (BetaTales)
This is one of my own blog postings here at BetaTales.  My home country Norway went to the polls this week. It was an event which inspired new and creative way of doing online journalism. The article gives an overview of how the major news sites in Norway decided to cover the election night.

How to make readers pay for news (Monday Note)
An idea is gaining momentum: Online readers must open their wallet. This article looks at some of the options for payment systems. Also: I strongly recommend you to sign up for the weekly newsletter from Monday Note. Their analysises are always worth reading.

Why Apple’s tablet will eat Kindle’s lunch (Mashable)
A strong argument for the future – yet to be launched – Apple iTablet. The author think iTablet will be disruptive to the still formative e-reader industry. Very interesting, although my personal opinion is somewhat more positive about e-readers as a great platform for newspapers.

iPhone users browse the net the most, look at ads the least (News from the herd)
A short news piece with some very interesting facts from Chitika about iPhone users.

300 million and on (Facebook)
Blog posting from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg : Facebook reached 300 million users and for the first time can report a positive cash-flow.

I tweet a lot about online media trends (you can follow me at @johnei). Here are selected links from the last week that you might find of interest.

Google developing a micropayment platform ( Nieman Journalism Lab)
Search giant Google is now outlining a “vision of a premium content ecosystem”. The system would include subscriptions across different media sits. This is an interesting development as user payment is becoming a hotter topic every day among media executives.

Norway’s VG: Not integrated, very profitable. Hmmmm…( SimsBlog)
With traffic much higher than any English language newspaper sites (see some statistics here), vg.no is following its own, very successful, course of action.

The good enough revolution: When cheap and simple is just fine (Wired)
Often users will accept less quality if they are given convenience and flexibility. It can also apply to the news business.

Five ways for journalists to use Facebook (Inside Facebook)
Some practical tips for the social media novice.

Interview with Google News’ Josh Cohen: Can the aggregator ever win over publishers? (Paid Content)
Learn about how Google is thinking about its relationship with news publishers.

Top 10 lies newspaper executives are telling themselves (SimsBlog)
A provocative must-read for media people.