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Feb. 11, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Quora-fied legal advice for start-ups, hot news goes to court and Twitter advice from Judy Blume

Start your apps: Sunlight Labs released its Real Time Congress API http://nie.mn/f8DiVF »

Great for correspondent Clark Kent, bad for Superman: China to turn phone booths into WiFi hotspots http://nie.mn/h5twbi »

.@JudyBlume on Twitter: “Sometimes I think, why am I doing this?” http://nie.mn/gjxRp7 »

TIMELY! A Social Media Week panel today at 3 p.m. on Egypt, activism and social media. Follow #smwegypt http://nie.mn/dQynqe »

For their issue on fixing LA, @GOOD is asking the crowd for help with the magazine http://nie.mn/ieBsVb »

The Mercury News is working with a private developer on a crowdsourced photo app http://nie.mn/hvKGdc »

Facebook wants developers to get creative with socializing the news http://nie.mn/hcM9vj »

Hot news, new media and defining the value of information http://nie.mn/gyR35a »

Last week 57% of links on blogs were about Egypt. That may skyrocket this week http://nie.mn/hayjhz »

Dollar signs trending: The cost of a promoted trend on Twitter is likely to go up soon http://nie.mn/fFCjgZ »

A start-up that makes HTML5 products for publishers challenges The Daily to make an app-like website http://nie.mn/gnCpD3 »

The Washington Post is investing $5-$10 million on a personalized news aggregator http://nie.mn/fO7hTL »

A Quora-fied site with legal advice for start-ups? Yup! Meet LawPivot http://nie.mn/frkX3M »

When papers look to cut resources, online video is getting reduced http://nie.mn/enwUpq »

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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.”