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June 21, 2010, 6:50 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Media industry loses $1.5 billion on social media, Capital launches, CNN drops AP

CNN says dropping AP content will make its journalists more “collaborative”http://j.mp/bMj0Ih »

Virgin America teams up with Klout to offer free flights to Twitter influencershttp://j.mp/anHl0d »

Droid Sans, made easy: Google Font API simplifies custom web typographyhttp://j.mp/conHWk »

@CaliforniaWatch launches Politics Verbatim, a searchable repository of primary-source data on the CA gov race http://j.mp/9e7DoX »

NY-centric site Capital launches in beta, says its success hinges on an “extraordinary community” http://j.mp/aS3bIc (via @mlcalderone»

Media industry has lost $1.5 billion on social networking sites (via @iwantmedia)http://j.mp/dtamFC »

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The media becomes an activist for democracy
“We cannot be neutral about this, by definition. A free press that doesn’t agitate for democracy is an oxymoron.”
Embracing influencers as allies
“News organizations will increasingly rely on digital creators not just as amplifiers but as integral partners in storytelling.”
Action over analysis
“We’ve overindexed on problem articulation, to the point of problem admiring. The risk is that we are analyzing ourselves into inaction and irrelevance.”