Links for Monday, April 30

USA Today’s consumer-created success
In one month, USA Today’s pages per visit have doubled and site registrations are up 380%. This comes after the paper added social networking features from Austin company Pluck.
Cisco: Scion Is #1 e-Tail Site
Scion has 80 percent brand recognition among consumers 35 and younger, according to a Cisco study (via MediaPost), that’s better than Sears, Target, and Macy’s, among others. My friend Stephen Dulaney recently helped build Scion’s website: http://www.want2bsquare.com.
Move over Cosmo…Texas Monthly is here
Mr. Magazine — Samir Husni — wonders if Texas Monthly is moving into Cosmo’s territory with this month’s Astronaut Sex cover.
Newspapers debate online reader comments
Faced with declining circulation, many U.S. newspapers are trying to engage readers by allowing them to respond to news stories online. But the anonymity of the Internet lets readers post obscenities and racist hate speech that would never be allowed in the printed paper.

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