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May 29, 2009, 5:57 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Sections, Dow Jones, Play the News

The web may be rendering our notion of news sections obsolete. NYT developer @harrisj mulls it over http://tr.im/mNb1 »

Dow Jones, betting the Bloomberg terminal will go out of style, is revamping its data services for the web http://tr.im/mMkn »

The growth in long-form video streaming on sites like Hulu is being driven by 35-49-year-olds, not teens http://tr.im/mMKe »

Slate: “Does today’s hush-hush meeting of newspaper executives violate antitrust law?” http://tr.im/mJOb »

Here’s a data point: newsprint consumption among U.S. newspapers declined 30% in April from year prior http://tr.im/mPjW »

The first Knight News Game Award (@G4C) goes to Play the News, a fascinating site. Sort of a real-life Risk http://tr.im/mNNX »

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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.”