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Feb. 18, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: The Kloutified velvet rope, the Deck.ly backlash, the Watson effect

Lawrence Wright on writing that epic Scientology article: “I am an index card person… I know it’s retro.” http://nie.mn/gFipXj0 »

Here’s something we’ve never gotten to tweet: Scroll down to “Hold the Salsa.” Nice work, @greglinch! http://nie.mn/ggJDg4 »

On hating the iPad: “A salad spinner would have been a better investment, and I don’t even eat that much salad.” http://nie.mn/e8P1LL »

Rolling Stone asks readers to pick its next cover http://nie.mn/eBz1Ns (via @CJR) »

An argument against Deck.ly, in four parts http://nie.mn/gKPujK (via @mathewi) »

Via @dweinberger: http://www.broadbandmap.gov/ »

Crowdmapping isn’t just for crisis situations. Meet…BurgerMap http://nie.mn/gshFkq (via @kenyanpundit) »

Las Vegas’ Palms Hotel starts looking at Klout scores to decide who gets past the velvet rope http://nie.mn/fWcPNL »

Radiohead’s new album dropped today. Any ideas why it’s a “newspaper album,” we’d love to hear them http://nie.mn/eA58V5 »

Fantastic job opportunity: GOOD is looking for an exec editor for its website http://nie.mn/gpZPKX »

Photo in need of a caption, Presidential NerdFete edition http://nie.mn/eNiDWK »

“Jeopardy champion Watson is making IBM as sexy to work for as Apple, Google or Facebook.” http://nie.mn/gzcqH7 »

Chris Anderson would like to see Wired’s iPad app offered to print subscribers “at a 100% discount” http://nie.mn/fMsffh »

So Lifehacker is the only Gawker site that hasn’t taken a traffic hit since the redesign. Any theories? http://nie.mn/i4Vhkx »

The Economist saw record circulation in the second half of 2010 http://nie.mn/i6caZM »

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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.”