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Oct. 7, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: AOL’s buying spree, journalism on a diet and social media screw ups

A TV ad for print? AXA insurance debuts interactive ad that ties iPhone to newspapers and magazines http://nie.mn/91E5sZ

The Columbus Dispatch free iPad app outfoxes Apple, allows for subscriptions http://nie.mn/acniRv

A history of social media screwups (spoiler: blogger picks a Kryptonite lock with a ballpoint pen) http://j.mp/b2qLJT

So you want to start an online news site? .@OJR’s got a checklist for that http://nie.mn/bfWy6A

The Future is gadgets: Survey finds eReader owners read the newspaper and magazines more http://nie.mn/9QZxmY

“Journalism on a diet,” Michael Schudson lays out three scenarios for the future of newspapers http://nie.mn/b7vWwY

Expect to see more videos from places like NYT, USA Today inside of your Twitter stream http://j.mp/b0sX9f

Looks like 27% of us share 87% of news links http://j.mp/aHarVU

AOL plans to buy up more media properties, possibly even newspapers http://nie.mn/cwuihs

Confusion over the cable brand vs. the news site may lead to a name change for MSNBC.com http://nie.mn/bFITWr

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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.”