Plus: The debate over coding for laypeople, Twitter’s new email digests, and everything else that went on this week in media and tech.
Has the power of established media brands disintegrated thanks to self-curated news? nie.mn/LjYq4B 
Our sister publication Nieman Reports is out with its new issue, all about the intersections of journalism and book publishing. To go along with that issue, one of our other sister publications, Nieman Storyboard, had this smart post on the mistakes journos make when they transition to book-length work.
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