Four today

1. New media is just as dicey as old: Digg laid off 25 people, equivalent to 37 percent of its staff. TechCrunch

2. What's worse than elitists? New ones. Charles Murray at WaPo

3. Striking news: Fox News Channel profits from polarization. PoliticusUSA

4. A primer on the newspaper circulation numbers dropping today. AdAge

Four in the morning

1. In the new media world, everyone loves "collaboration" - but is it really worth the hassle? Nieman Journalism Lab

2. L.A. writer Nicky Loomis offers an updated take on dating etiquette, in the era of pervasive online sharing and TMI texting. Pasadena Star-News

3. Pasadena-expat Todd Ruiz tracks the rise of the anti-government Reds in Thailand. Reporter in Exile

4. Finding an audience for "hyperlocal" in Chicago. TechCrunch

Getting your Twitter on better

Twitter has launced the "Twitter Media" site to help journalists make better use of the social-media tool. TechCrunch

Four today

1. KCET's Ophelia Chong tries her hand at satire after reading Daniel Hernandez's bitch slap of The Entryway project (all found via LA Observed). KCET

2. As far as bitch slaps go, former Republican strategist Tony Quinn goes after Steve Poizner's increasingly embarrassing gubernatorial campaign: "Facing political collapse, he has resorted to the historic tactic of a political scoundrel, race baiting, in this case making immigrant bashing the central theme of his faltering campaign." Fox and Hounds

3. Online April Fool's hijinks, as catalogued by TechCrunch (found via Andrew Sullivan). TechCrunch

4. Everyone wants an iPad app. Nieman Lab