Links on Twitter: Gannett and Yahoo strike local ad partnership, Google acquires Metaweb, Hawthorne Labs wants to personalize your paper

Because it is Friday: check out the trailer for "The Other Social Network," the Hollywood treatment of…MySpace http://j.mp/btLRoj »

So this is exciting: Google acquires the semantic search company Metaweb http://j.mp/d1VcgC »

Are you Shakespeare or Shelley? The Awl interviews I Write Like creator http://j.mp/9X1m2E »

"Their lofty ambition is to…build a genuine Newspaper of the Future™" http://j.mp/ded7db »

.@comscore launches updated version of its online video measurement service http://j.mp/b0psGG »

Can blog networks make money? More efforts test the waters http://j.mp/bquV5J »

Gannett and Yahoo strike local ad partnership http://j.mp/9S1eUd »

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.