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March 16, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: NewsTrust launches a social news aggregator, C-SPAN web-ifies its video archives, Starbucks and the A.V. Club make music together

“You sleep-tweet”…and Letterman’s nine other Signs You Spend Too Much Time On Twitter http://j.mp/9gLPOt »

Launched today: MyNews, @NewsTrust‘s customizable social news aggregator http://j.mp/96xUZu »

NY Observer to relaunch its Media Mob blog…as a reporter-branded product (via @fishbowlnyhttp://j.mp/cLLAm2 »

We’re enjoying this conversation between @ryansholin and @10000Words: chock full of win http://j.mp/awInG1 »

Still images used to be the bedrock of visual storytelling. What will they become? Experts weigh in @NiemanStory http://j.mp/csgY0k »

Today marks the debut of A.V. Club Undercover, a cover-song-based web series sponsored by Starbucks http://j.mp/99hGSV »

Lots of useful info here: @JLab‘s “Citizen Journalist’s Guide to Open Government” http://j.mp/16MSd »

Of news/media sites, HuffPo got the most Twitter traffic last week–followed by CNN, NYT, People mag, Google News http://j.mp/958A0h »

Audit Bureau of Circulations modifies its definition of “digital magazine” in preparation for the iPad http://j.mp/aYF4eq »

A new London-based start-up allows anyone to print their own 12-page newspaper (via @donohoehttp://j.mp/b9ylKe »

What would a midday TV news broadcast look like? ABC News considers the possibility http://j.mp/9Ae3zV »

Wonk paradise! C-Span uploads its video archives–160,000 hours of footage–to the Web (via @brianstelterhttp://j.mp/9EracS »

Now streaming live: @FCC‘s presentation of its National Broadband Plan http://j.mp/7Di3iT »

Facebook passed Google–just barely–as the most visited web site in the U.S. last week http://j.mp/cj7xJu »

Last year, the WaPo killed its business section. This year, it’ll launch a subscription-only biz weekly http://j.mp/9I0sFl »

Google exec predicts mobile ad prices could surpass what companies pay for desktop ads now http://j.mp/a04eSg »

Good morning! A Chinese registration page for Twitter is “just a matter of time” http://j.mp/9Vd7Kr »

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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.”