Links on Twitter: Americans oppose tax-dollar support for newspapers, Gawker Media’s image-based scoops, Twitter wary of geodata subpoenas

78% of Americans oppose spending tax dollars to support newspapers in financial trouble http://tr.im/zBof »

Why a link from Yahoo drives unparalleled traffic: They have a 48% market share of U.S. portal front pages http://tr.im/zBxv »

I find Andrew Breitbart loathsome, but @jackshafer‘s praise is a pitch-perfect ode to American journalism http://tr.im/zBp8 »

Nick Denton says pictures are the common thread in Gawker Media’s big scoops http://tl.gd/icei More: http://j.mp/4lGYKL »

We might see more of this: Austin American-Statesman runs an ad for local business in its Twitter feed http://tr.im/zCf2 »

To avoid subpoenas, Twitter will scrub new location metadata from tweets after 14 days http://tr.im/zE86 (HT @citmedialaw) »

Sophie Culpepper

I’m a media reporter and a diehard Swiftie. I don’t cover Taylor, but here’s how I wish someone would

She’s a billionaire, transforming the music industry in real time. Few living celebrities have her scale of cultural influence. Shouldn’t someone be, at least, attempting to look without fear or favor to see if she’s keeping her side of the street clean?

Michael J. Socolow

How the Kennedy assassination helped make network TV news wealthy

Until the early 1960s, TV news was seen as a loss leader.

Ben Brock Johnson

Are public media podcasts facing a “Moneyball” moment?

In an era where the “easy money” is gone, celebrity sluggers are beyond reach, and commercial outfits are pulling back, public radio orgs can win by leaning into data and ideas that helped them create the art form.