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Feb. 10, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Content farms’ Tumblr, Twitter’s valuation, Denton’s redemption

Remember that amazing “Street View birth”? Here’s the amazing backstory http://nie.mn/ebIXGM »

"Redemption, or something like it, has come quickly to Nick Denton." http://nie.mn/e7AhGd »

An early look at TheMarySue.com, "an entertainment/news site for the the geeky girl" http://nie.mn/h6cVtf »

Via @awl: http://thecontentfarm.tumblr.com/ »

Homegrown sites vs. Patch: "I think we local yokels have all the crucial assets on our side" http://nie.mn/i1NDj9 »

How the WaPo—the print WaPo—is produced every day http://nie.mn/dFnRD3 (via @marksluckie) »

Spot.us gets a spiffy new redesign http://nie.mn/dUinju »

Today, Obama’s unveiling the initiative aimed at bringing wireless access to 98% of the US within 5 years http://nie.mn/gcEUmu »

Today’s the first day the residents of North and South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming can get iPhones http://nie.mn/h1s6Va »

Very, very useful: NYT’s Congressional bill tracker http://nie.mn/f0oxJ9 (via @derekwillis) »

One estimate for Twitter’s valuation: between $8 billion and $10 billion http://nie.mn/fx6Izn »

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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.”