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Aug. 17, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Amazon, StumbleUpon, and jobs galore

Amazon’s sites topped 282 million visitors in June—more than 20% of the entire global Internet audience http://t.co/oo8nVyH »

"The reverse of what legacy media did": Why some digital startups are branching into print http://t.co/eSBlbIS »

PSA: @newyorkobserver is looking for a politics reporter http://t.co/M483wWh »

StumbleUpon is getting (slightly) less stumble-y http://t.co/2WuDAq1 (via @jaredbkeller) »

#namepower! @capitalnewyork raises $1.7 million and plans to double its staff http://t.co/ouvcN5S »

A hedge fund using Twitter sentiment to make investments beat the market in its first month http://t.co/u8es0Ct (via @lheron) »

"Confirms Wint-o-Green lifesavers spark in the dark"…and other major milestones of @NPR‘s 40 years http://t.co/UojX1lN »

The redesigned @tribapps homepage organizes news apps like traditional content http://t.co/jcGvfhI »

PSA: @theatlanticwire is looking for a news editor (based in D.C.) http://t.co/G5wuuWa »

"Mom – I love you. But you just gotta stop talking to me via TechCrunch comments…" http://t.co/1Dh2aXj »

Tumbling updates: @Breakingnews will use Tumblr’s tag curation functionality to aggregate news in real time http://t.co/WSjldJP »

Smart: @TPM creates a video to help fans add it to @googlenews‘ Editors’ Picks http://t.co/PHR4XZi »

Is the tech press focused on rumors at the expense of ideas? http://t.co/Svvg9Ke »

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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.”