Links on Twitter: Washington Post’s new blog for backstories, future of newspaper obituaries, shoes made of recycled newspapers

Washington Post launches a “how the sausage is made” blog for the backstories and detritus of its articles http://tr.im/GdXx »

Amazon says Kindle sales set a record in November http://tr.im/GbZ1 while the Nook is scarce http://tr.im/GbZg »

Newspaper obits hardly dead, finds Medill report, which sees a future in social networks for the deceased http://tr.im/Geej »

After a New Zealand news site began to charge, pageviews were down, of course, but so were other metrics http://tr.im/GcaY »

Handy chart on fundamental differences between TV and Web as “velocity of media consumption” increases http://tr.im/FHcG »

Shoes you can use made of news http://tr.im/FGqL »

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.