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July 13, 2009, 8 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Five paid-content experiments, interactive design at the Times, analyzing Matt Drudge’s links

From personal training to iPhone apps: five experiments in charging for online content http://tr.im/s6Wp »

More detail on Talking Points Memo expansion: aiming for 60 employees, from 11, in 3 years http://tr.im/s6QQ »

Interactive design, “statuesque transparency,” and the human condition: “Can Khoi Vinh save the NY Times?” http://tr.im/s7ia »

On the ethics of linking, quoting, and “what she said”: Reuters blogger @felixsalmon offers his views http://tr.im/s8VH »

I wish one of these would go to court, but alas: Associated Press settles “hot news” suit against AHN Media http://tr.im/sbCV »

Whom does Matt Drudge link to most? http://tr.im/s8AO A tireless researcher scraped 171,717 page updates to find out. »

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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.”