Links on Twitter: Huffington Post, shield law, Google, 1,000-year cover story

Very significant: The Huffington Post has poached The Washington Post’s veteran investigations editor http://tr.im/lSig »

NY legislators introduce bill that would extend the state’s shield law to cover “journalist bloggers” http://tr.im/lV8F »

Google considered purchasing a newspaper or funding non-profit news but rejected both ideas, CEO Eric Schmidt tells the FT http://tr.im/lVKD »

“Top 10 search engine optimization tips for online news start-ups” http://tr.im/lSow »

ProPublica asks readers to “adopt” a federal stimulus project and report on its progress http://tr.im/lTId »

The cover story in Opium Magazine this month is just nine words but will take you a thousand years to read http://tr.im/lSat »

Sarah Scire

Seeking “innovative,” “stable,” and “interested”: How The Markup and CalMatters matched up

Nonprofit news has seen an uptick in mergers, acquisitions, and other consolidations. CalMatters CEO Neil Chase still says “I don’t think we’ve seen enough yet.”

Jonathan Stray

“Objectivity” in journalism is a tricky concept. What could replace it?

“For a long time, ‘objectivity’ packaged together many important ideas about truth and trust. American journalism has disowned that brand without offering a replacement.”

Renee DiResta, Abhiram Reddy, and Josh A. Goldstein

From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam

Within days of visiting the pages — and without commenting on, liking, or following any of the material — Facebook’s algorithm recommended reams of other AI-generated content.