Links on Twitter: Convergence of remnant and premium advertising, fraudulent ad impressions and clicks, new “(blog)” label in Google News

Wonky but important: Head of NY Times Co.’s R&D Lab foresees convergence of remnant and premium advertising http://tr.im/z5gS »

58% of US newspapers cost 50¢ at newsstands, and 36% cost 75¢. A dozen now charge $1 or more http://tr.im/z31P »

Company, which has interest in this, claims that half of ad impressions and 95% of clicks are fraudulent http://tr.im/z2ZD »

What’s driving Facebook’s revenue growth? In part: Self-service advertising by local businesses http://tr.im/z3jX »

What’s the subtext to new “(blog)” label in Google News? Their reasoning doesn’t make sense to me http://tr.im/z344 »

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.