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June 6, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Apple’s announcement, mapping the news, the original hashtag

Got an hour to kill? Check out this utterly engrossing map of the world’s newspapers (via @carr2n) http://nie.mn/iOJw2V »

Remarkable @nytimesphoto images showcase the impressionistic beauty of the print newspaper http://nie.mn/l1Lfek »

PSA: @Storycorps is looking for a social media and press intern http://nie.mn/lkciow »

End-user innovation, FTW! The 2007 post proposing hashtags for Twitter (via @stevenbjohnson) http://nie.mn/kzjSp9 »

According to ShareThis data, Facebook accounts for 38% of sharing traffic on the web http://nie.mn/jOq8L0 »

Great post from @mathewi: Doubt about what Twitter is can lead to doubt about how it’s best used http://nie.mn/iCBeLV »

Internet, entitlement, backrubs: a witty entry into the “why wasn’t I consulted?” genre http://nie.mn/jgcieX »

Report: Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo is months away from a platform release in the US http://nie.mn/je6PsF »

Facebook replacing Google in search? Laughable, says @dannysullivan http://nie.mn/l7ZYTG »

This @carr2n interview, particularly the section discussing Twitter and @nytkeller, is fantastic http://nie.mn/jAA8M9 »

France bans the words “Twitter” and “Facebook” from its airwaves http://nie.mn/j2JOTB »

Here’s what Steve Jobs will (probably) announce during his WWDC keynote today: http://nie.mn/leI2xr »

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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.”