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June 30, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Obama to tweet, Google+ reax, a week of Groupon

RT @NiemanReports: If you’re interested in foreign news, you’d better put this @berkmancenter event in your calendar http://bit.ly/mNW6S1 »

RT @lheron: White House will use @massrelevance & a team of curators to choose Qs for Twitter “town hall” http://nyti.ms/imIi6U »

PSA: Lots of positions open right now at Southern California Public Radio http://nie.mn/mHOWcd »

A “newsy” sweet spot between Twitter and Facebook: @jenny8lee‘s take on Google+ Sparks http://nie.mn/iAnxG4 »

“It seems my dignity can be bought for the low, low price of $8”: @noreenmalone‘s week of Groupon http://nie.mn/ihLZ9X »

MT @whitehouse: 1st Twitter @townhall w/ Pres Obama at the WH on 7/6 @ 2ET. #AskObama Qs on the economy & jobs: http://askobama.twitter.com »

Today’s @NYTimes Room for Debate was organized by a reader. "More of that kind of thing to come," says @andyrNYT. http://nie.mn/kGr03J »

RT @pfeiffer44: Big announcement coming today re POTUS and twitter. Watch @whitehouse for the announcement »

Snazzy site redesign, @onthemedia! http://nie.mn/mC8MQZ »

.@chucktodd: “Do I think The New York Times is more influential because of the Internet? Yes.” http://nie.mn/jmz4qq »

Could Twitter have saved “Arrested Development”? http://nie.mn/kZpFmU »

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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.”