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June 1, 2010, 6:16 p.m.

Links on Twitter: 22% of consumers plan to shop via mobile next year, NYT is hiring a social media producer, Hulu’s growth curve is starting flatten

Behold, a video even more mesmerizing than the baby-with-an-iPad http://j.mp/czPbY9: @nickbilton‘s-dog-with-an-iPad http://j.mp/9yoB3y »

Hulu’s growth curve is starting to flatten http://j.mp/dxlovp »

Linking: endorsement or parasitism? @laheadle responds to @chanders http://j.mp/b73L6h »

The Tumblrization of WordPress? Blogging platform adds its own “like” and reblogging features http://j.mp/d8Zki2 »

New York Times is hiring a community and social media producer to “serve as advocate for user-generated content” http://j.mp/a9hr9O »

Campbell Brown reflects on her departure from CNN: “trying to represent an unbiased perspective is simply harder” http://j.mp/bjQEcC »

State of California to partner with Microsoft, Google, Programmable Web to run open data apps contest http://j.mp/bdSuqB »

Toronto Globe & Mail, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper, plans to outsource its copy-editing (via @mathewi) http://j.mp/bzKGiK »

Experian finds 22% of consumers plan to make a purchase with their mobile device http://j.mp/922aO8 »

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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.”