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June 13, 2011, 6 p.m.

Twitter: The evolution of content management systems, LA Times reader comment troubles and is the hashtag ascendant?

"We cover the story…without ever losing site of the fact…that this is fundamentally a moronic story" http://nie.mn/kUvnef »

"There’s more digital media activity in New York now than anywhere else in the world" http://nie.mn/jQDj0r »

An introduction to the redesign of Chicagotribune.com, which goes live tonight http://nie.mn/k4VsCV »

PSA: The New York Times is looking for a multimedia producer http://nie.mn/ijtvvN »

How content management systems are evolving, and could be a beautiful thing http://nie.mn/lVUlTe »

How Twitter helped a filmmaker gather hours of footage for a documentary on the revolution in Egypt http://nie.mn/jmxu46 »

Where did the idea for Flipboard come from? Rebuilding the Internet from scratch, says Mike McCuehttp://nie.mn/jnpmt4 »

Has the #hastag transcended Twitter? http://nie.mn/lORHZV »

"The contemporary reader has become an omnivore because the literary jungle is free, and available" http://nie.mn/ifrCUd »

The WaPo’s managing editor on the cost of "free" and why revenue from readers isn’t enough http://nie.mn/meD79T »

Hearst magazines are making it easier for readers to buy products right from their magazines http://nie.mn/kr57nP »

The LA Times is struggling with its reader comments: "Our goal of civility is falling short" http://nie.mn/liDZpE »

After switching to a paid iPhone app The Guardian converted about 17 % to subscribers http://nie.mn/jiuaE3 »

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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.”