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May 12, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Traffic woes for NYT, talent change-ups in public broadcasting, Taliban on Twitter

@johnbiggs, who still reads the paper paper, thinks The New Yorker’s iPad app is the beginning of the end of print http://nie.mn/lLxSWC »

RT @rozzy: @NiemanLab NBC News guideline is: "Share reporting in real-time but coordinate how you break major stories across all platforms." »

RT @lostremote: @NiemanLab Here’s our take on the breaking news recommendation: http://l-r.tv/meh8kf »

Constructive criticism of ASNE’s new social-media guidelines, from @mayerjoy: http://nie.mn/iftm3y Your take? »

The ASNE has issued "best practices" for social media, including: "Break news on your website, not on Twitter." http://nie.mn/mgozfL »

Twitpic backs off its controversial TOS changes, saying they were trying to protect users from media abuse http://nie.mn/k4aHmP »

Ford was president when Jim Lehrer first appeared on "The Robert MacNeil Report." He moderated 11 presidential debates. http://nie.mn/k6nxRa »

NPR’s @audiec is the new host of @NPRWeekend, after @nprLiane‘s two decades on the job. Congratulations! »

The Taliban have joined Twitter http://nie.mn/kfaNWE »

Pageviews at NYTimes.com fell sharply in April — but "these are actually better numbers than our internal projections." http://nie.mn/lflO8W »

Comments on BBC News blogs are now limited to 400 characters — about 3 tweets http://nie.mn/j8d717 (via @currybet) »

RT @EMMAGKELLER: @nytkeller on Morning Joe talking about the paywall. "The faces on the business floor have big grins on them." »

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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.”