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March 11, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Latte analytics, hypergrowth, the economics of abundance

What Buzz should have been? Aol launches Lifestream as a standalone product http://j.mp/aWYzxa »

Latte analytics: Foursquare and Starbucks join forces http://j.mp/aQB7Uq »

Startups and hypergrowth: How much success is too much success? http://j.mp/9AgWco (via @nytimesbits»

“Google obviously thinks that providing the best local results possible is the future for a large number of its services” http://j.mp/aUWmuS »

The latest episode of “Breaking the New News” is up: @cshirky on scarcity and abundance in journalism http://j.mp/aBkgWT »

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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.”