Links on Twitter: Amazon prime users might get free Kindles, GoogleAdsense switches up tactics, Pew finds difference between blog and MSM coverage this week

Google swings at Ask in buying Vark. Ask founder scoffs, “Q+A is the future of search…our current tech is unmatched” http://j.mp/9S0R4T »

John Harris of Politico on the one skill journos need now: “Find your distinctive value…and learn how to market that” http://j.mp/9yKvBv »

Pew finds 28% of news links on blogs Feb 1-5 were about or to Sally Jenkins’ piece on Tim Tebow’s anti-abortion ad http://j.mp/ciUfQ3 »

Google AdSense using hours of search information, rather than query-by-query, to deliver “more relevant ads” http://j.mp/9eL2lQ »

Do you use Amazon Prime (the $79 a year free shipping plan)? Amazon considers giving you a free Kindle http://j.mp/dp76ap »

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.