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June 17, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Facebook’s iPad app, BBC’s TV app, recording the #firstweb

Two words to ease you into the weekend: Tweeting. Roomba. http://nie.mn/imFyEN #youarewelcome »

Fantastic weekend reading (if you’re as nerdy as we are): "the post-artifact book" http://nie.mn/ktZ5kr »

RT @brainpicker: The science of social timing in an infographic – when to Tweet and update Facebook for maximum traction http://j.mp/j81k0Q »

The BBC has launched a news app that will deliver content directly to internet-connected TVs http://nie.mn/lnY4H7 »

Where were you when you first "got" the web? On the Network wants to know (via @fraying) http://nie.mn/lRjSZ2 »

RT @johnjcook: Chris Christie’s Office Claims Roger Ailes Is a Confidential Adviser, Won’t Release Their Communications http://gaw.kr/mvJNko »

"Online, a self-centered approach is no longer a nasty trait, but a bolt of insight to leverage." http://nie.mn/m6jLX4 »

New @comScore data: The average YouTube viewer watches 5 hours of videos a month http://nie.mn/kNFxhQ »

.@kevglobal has some tough love for @Guardian as it doubles down on "digital-first" http://nie.mn/jKRCw6 »

Huffington on paying her new AOL hires: "I inherited the budget that was there." http://nie.mn/mHB1rV »

#women2drive: Saudi women, using social media to organize, are defying the country’s driving ban http://nie.mn/j4goC8 »

In its first week, the FT’s HTML5 web app has logged 100,000 users http://nie.mn/kcDmS4 »

Facebook’s set to launch its iPad app "in coming weeks" http://nie.mn/lQFOAZ »

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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.”