Links on Twitter: Regional sports networks prep for ESPN’s encroachment, speed is most important for mobile sites, full issues of LIFE on Google Books

Pie chart: what an education company (Pearson) that owns a newspaper (Financial Times) looks like http://tr.im/zwfR »

How regional sports networks are preparing for ESPN’s encroachment: better websites, livestreaming games http://tr.im/zvDx »

When browsing the web on their phones, users care most about how fast a mobile site loads http://tr.im/zv1D »

For history nerds, an eternal flea market: Every issue of LIFE from 1936 to 1972 now on Google Books http://tr.im/zxAs »

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.