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July 5, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Google drops Twitter, Facebook blocks Google, iPad reaches 1% of web traffic

Social media is for losers. (Hey, do you think maybe you could retweet this?) http://nie.mn/kcf16I via @simonowens »

After losing its state funding, New Jersey public television goes dark http://nie.mn/o6rXsj »

Do you transcribe “gonna” as “going to”? What the style guides say: http://nie.mn/n9SJqz »

RT @gregory: Imagine if General Electric had renamed NBC as “GE Entertainment” after acquiring it in 1986 http://nie.mn/kHK3zP »

Facebook has blocked a Chrome extension that would allow users to export friend data for use in Google+ http://nie.mn/lQVdDL »

Why newspapers can’t stop the presses http://nie.mn/mhGEeR »

Noodls (“Gateway to Facts”) is sort of like Google News for press releases http://nie.mn/knayu0 »

Twitter has acquired @BackType, which provides deep analytics on tweets http://nie.mn/mmFEwq »

iPads now generate 1% of the world’s web traffic http://nie.mn/k4VVBE »

Current events: the next frontier of interactive games? (via @rajunarisetti) http://nie.mn/lij31s »

Will President Obama be doing the tweeting during tomorrow’s @Townhall event? http://nie.mn/k86H3L »

Scientific American has launched its long-awaited blog network (40+ science blogs!) http://nie.mn/jH7o1R »

Google’s real-time search results are suspended as its deal with Twitter expires http://nie.mn/m0p68p »

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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.”