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Nov. 9, 2009, 5:41 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Radio has greater reach than Internet, Yahoo VP’s tips for online video, JFK-signed copy of Dallas Morning News

TV reaches 95% of American adults every day; radio, 77%; Internet, 64%; newspapers, 35% http://tr.im/EBv4 »

Yahoo’s VP of media shares tips for online video: track audience, be fast, find sponsors, don’t spend a lot http://tr.im/ED2A »

“Why hyperlocal journalism is easier – and harder – in rural areas,” by @markcoddington in Central Nebraska http://tr.im/EBOT »

How a Sports Illustrated reporter’s tweet about Andre Agassi’s meth use scooped his own magazine http://tr.im/Ezrr »

Premium content: Copy of Dallas Morning News, signed by JFK on morning of his death, auctions for $38,837 http://tr.im/EC7O »

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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.”