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March 21, 2011, 6:01 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Smartphones and the old media gap, Google refers down for media sites and Nate Silver goes to the salad bar

Study says Twitter may hint to your political ideology, even if you avoid political updates http://nie.mn/hEHoG5 »

An experiment: Just how tough will it be to stay up on NY Times news through Twitter http://nie.mn/hOLXc4 »

Referrals to media sites from Google were down last year. But does it mean anything? http://nie.mn/eyczdJ »

Snoop Dogg loves Martha Stewart, and other insights from Twitter’s new discovery video http://nie.mn/eylr8N »

"To my fellow writers, I promise that you will make a living at this craft: just not the way we used to" http://nie.mn/hDsvDa »

The ways in which Google isn’t, but increasingly is, a media company http://nie.mn/fLH84g »

Making sense of community managers, and why newspapers need them (via @10000words) http://nie.mn/gjGdiU »

A brief history of breaking news Twitpics that captured the public’s attention http://nie.mn/hVHvoT »

Frédéric Filloux says the NYT digital subscription plan shares similarities with the French tax system http://nie.mn/egm0AY »

Hearst is the latest company to get its Groupon on, making a new daily deals service for papers http://nie.mn/hegNxu »

"Too much dressing will weigh down your value proposition." Nate Silver analyzes the salad bar http://nie.mn/g8RVYm »

Looks like accessing documents anywhere through Scribd is about to get much easier http://nie.mn/hNNQUr »

Wait, do smartphones fill in the gaps left by traditional media, or displace that media entirely? http://nie.mn/hKutG6 »

The NY Times unofficial goal for online subscribers is reportedly around 300,000 http://nie.mn/fq7scW »

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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.”