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March 29, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: A (short) history of Twitter, FT to charge $190 for iPad edition, why mobile matters

Why mobile matters: by third quarter 2011, analysts predict 49% of U.S. cell phone users will have smart phones http://j.mp/a6oHgy »

Android users now constitute 42% of AdMob’s US smartphone audience http://j.mp/dao4eJ »

We need better mapping of our local media ecologies, argues @beyondbroadcasthttp://j.mp/cvSNBd »

Behold, the mother of all Facebook-data infographics (via @mediabistrohttp://j.mp/bA3Shz »

Comscore study suggests online ads can raise site visitation, even if click-through rates are minimal http://j.mp/9sUflf »

“Bring me wonder and magic and I’ll love you forever.” http://j.mp/cX6pzg »

Now streaming live: panel on PEJ’s “State of the News Media” report, w/ Vivian Schiller, @jimbradysp, others http://j.mp/bkcCPQ »

RT @Chanders: What would be really cool is if the serendipity maker found a way to factor in user prefs. and then do the opposite. http: … »

Coder behind Random Guardian creates another serendipity-maker…for the NYT (via @rachelsternehttp://j.mp/bEGHtH »

Web’s big boost to magazines? No, not the iPad — selling print subscriptionshttp://j.mp/aP6h6L »

Asian suppliers may now ship 8-10 million iPads in 2010, up from prior estimate of 5+ millionhttp://j.mp/bhqBSn »

FT’s iPad app will be free for 2 months — and then $190 a year http://j.mp/9LKQgT »

A short (no surprise!) history of the no fewer than 5 ways Twitter has suggested it could make money http://j.mp/cJG9ze »

Yahoo exec says they’ve integrated ad sales across platforms, boast an advantage in mobile http://j.mp/b1Lv7y »

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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.”