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Feb. 17, 2010, 6:46 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Wired shows off iPad edition, HBO on the verge of streaming video, AOL to launch hundreds of local sites

Compete announces first top tier shake up in 2 yrs: Facebook surpasses Yahoo, becomes 2nd most popular US site http://j.mp/dfbgRz »

44.7% of most viewed YouTube videos are professional/partner produced, up from 36.3% 6 months ago http://j.mp/anBJVB »

Google opens up its Living Story code. Any site can adopt the format, tested by NYT, WaPohttp://j.mp/aDvzsj »

Ambitious: AOL plans to expand its Patch network of 30 local sites to “hundreds” in 2010http://j.mp/95yJrk »

Watch out Hulu! HBO on the verge of launching an online streaming video service for its subscribers http://j.mp/b6dWVo »

Wired shows off its iPad edition. Editor Chris Anderson: “it’s an opportunity to reset the economics” http://j.mp/bmng7V »

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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.”