Links on Twitter: Google’s app-making app, Newsweek’s loss/Tumblr’s gain, NPR’s blogtastic API

For your Instapaper queue: “How journalists create myths and legends, not least about themselves” http://j.mp/a4phIe »

You saw the auditions http://j.mp/av64KX…now see the cast list: JRC has selected its ideaLab staff http://j.mp/apJ5bS »

Remember Newsweek’s Tumblr guy? http://j.mp/91WdbW He’s leaving the mag to work for…Tumblr http://j.mp/c7Eo5P »

Desperate times, etc.: Detroit papers team up to launch the aggregation site Michigan.com (via @jeffjarvis) http://j.mp/9Xz6YQ »

ESPN’s World Cup coverage generated 499 million pageviews http://j.mp/99yhfP »

All of NPR’s blogs–35, with 30,000 posts–are now available on its API http://j.mp/aGasGY »

Cloud watching: how the UK Telegraph has benefited from outsourcing its web operations http://j.mp/98ue0x »

The logic of Legos: Google launches DIY app tool “to enable people to become creators, not just consumers” http://j.mp/b5g8o0 »

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.