Links on Twitter: Paying for news, interstitial ads, “I’ve been shot…”

The Telegraph, UK’s most-visited newspaper site, generates 8% of its traffic from social networks like Digg http://tr.im/l1rP »

The most annoying web ad ever — 30-second, full-screen interstitial — is coming to a news site near you http://tr.im/l2U0 »

Take a look at this chart demonstrating an astounding unwillingness to pay for content on e-paper or mobile http://tr.im/l3iq »

Do you know your web audience? Catering to integrators, net-newsers, traditionalists, and the disengaged http://tr.im/l30F »

Reporter in Liverpool tweets: “I’ve been shot…” http://tr.im/l3jO (via @paulbradshaw) »

Laura Hazard Owen

Hey, local news publishers: Give the people a calendar

“It shouldn’t be that difficult to keep an updated list of when and where and what the meetings are.”

Joshua Benton

Negative words in news headlines generate more clicks — but sad words are more effective than angry or scary ones

A massive study of Upworthy headlines — remember Upworthy? — shows how a few emotionally charged words can mean the difference between viral and ignored.

Laura Hazard Owen

Amazon calls it quits on newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print

One Redditor: “I actually enjoy reading my local newspaper when it’s on the Kindle as opposed to the paper’s poorly designed website and frequently broken app.”