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Feb. 18, 2010, 6:06 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Clicker picks up $11 million, one third of Americans aren’t online, FT tightens its paywall

Startup news site Oakland Local saw traffic increase last month after posting more local itemshttp://j.mp/bhmis0 »

FT tightens a paywall loophole, announcing a new limit on free stories readers can view via Google to five per day http://j.mp/aqyPmB »

Designer for Bonnier skeptical of “metaphorical page turning” for iPad. Successful digital content uses scrolling http://j.mp/cOmVSU »

Nearly a third of Americans aren’t online. 41% of dial-up users cite cost as reason they’re not on broadband http://j.mp/aHSlBQ »

Internet programming guide Clicker, the first to catalog all broadcast quality online video, picks up $11 million http://j.mp/dt1Akf »

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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.”