Links on Twitter: Google to let users skip pre-rolls, visualization of CNN’s traffic since 1995, draft logo for NYT’s Bay Area Blog

Google thinks it can make pre-roll ads on YouTube more valuable by letting users skip them http://tr.im/EJRH »

As Phoenix daily folds, a diagnosis: too hasty in migrating from paid print copies to free to web http://tr.im/EKnr »

Beautiful visualization of CNN.com’s traffic, 1995-2009 http://tr.im/EL0T (via @daringfireball) »

Current TV abandoning its old bailiwick, short-form video, for “30-60 minute formats”http://tr.im/EL9J (HT @tigerbeat) »

Less than one-tenth of 1% of NYTImes.com readers use TimesExtra, which links to outside content, says @jimschachter at #newbiz. »

NYT’s @silencematters works on a logo for new Bay Area blog: “Does this look like San Francisco?” http://twitpic.com/p5gjv »

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.