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June 1, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Schmidt ‘screwed up’ on social, Twitter announces photo service

Twitter CEO @dickc to developers: “Move up the value chain.” http://nie.mn/jfhppy via @Aerocles »

Still recovering from the PBS hack, @PBSMediaShift is posting its new stories to Facebook http://nie.mn/kkH2sU »

Americans are data guzzlers, but nothing like the Koreans http://nie.mn/kFKC13 »

RT @NewsHour: “I hope it doesn’t make us, or any other news organization, more cautious,” @JudyWoodruff on #PBSHack http://ow.ly/57XNL »

NPR’s @Ombudsman says adios and shares her wish list: more minority voices and a corrections editor http://nie.mn/lZ9oq8 »

RT @twitter: Today we’re launching a new #search and #photos experience http://blog.twitter.com/2011/06/searchphotos.html »

Vivian Schiller is in talks to oversee digital projects for NBC News, @pkafka reports http://nie.mn/l6oojW »

American University’s @JLab introduces a new site, launches “Ideas & Innovations” section http://nie.mn/ip9ujp »

The WSJ names a new blogs editor. “Readership of WSJ blogs continues to expand … 50% from last year.” http://nie.mn/jiDPX3 »

LOL: Marc Maron’s video promo for WTF, now on public radio http://nie.mn/ly7p9O »

The S.F. Chronicle’s new iPad app is free for 30 days, then $6/month or $60/year — free for print subscribers. http://nie.mn/lmdJeu »

Eric Schmidt takes the blame for Google’s social awkwardness. “I screwed up.” http://nie.mn/mKJVxO »

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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.”