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May 17, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Facebook’s traffic is up, 48Hour mag is reviewed, Googlejuice could be poison for Groupon

A review of @48hrmag. Consisting of 48 words. http://j.mp/ck9OLc »

An oldie-but-goodie: @jeffjarvis, Steve Coll, John Sturm frame the future of the newspaper industry http://j.mp/axMqq8

New from @niemanstory: memoir, manga, and Web 2.0 http://j.mp/bTIAU3 »

News you can use? Facebook might know when you’re about to get dumped http://j.mp/dvOpyT »

“It’s taking so long because we want to get this right. We want to make sure this is a frictionless user experience.” http://j.mp/c0im38 »

RT @nickbilton: Youtube’s 5 year celebration site is amazing: http://bit.ly/9oPYdO (via @cstoller) »

Per @Hitwise_US, Facebook visits up 3% last week from previous week–and up 8% for May-to-date vs. April »

New meets (very, very) old: NYT launches The Stone, its philosophy-focused blog http://j.mp/arPjFH »

Groupon to Google: you would kill us. When to not use SEO. (via @gregory) http://j.mp/cLaNpz »

Food for thought: Is retweeting plagiarism? http://j.mp/998ICL [**To be clear, we got this link from @brainpicker.**] »

Privacy problems, Google edition: what’s the half-life of their late-Friday admission? http://j.mp/d4vp6b »

Google and Intel are expected to partner with Sony in their path to web TV http://j.mp/dk3mTL »

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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.”