Links on Twitter: Chicago Tribune’s social media traffic, Schumer expects shield law to cover amateurs, S.F. Chronicle’s new “supercalendered groundwood” pages

Social media sites account for 10% of the Chicago Tribune’s traffic. Half of that is from Digg http://tr.im/E8iw »

Take a look around MSN’s new, whitespace-friendly homepage. More interesting: it has a “local edition” http://tr.im/E8lD »

Sen. Schumer’s rep says they “fully expect” shield law that reaches Obama’s desk will cover amateurs http://tr.im/E8vX »

What’s a former WSJ investigative reporter up to? Oh, just some detective work for an exiled sheik http://tr.im/E8Ff »

The Wall Street Journal’s new San Francisco edition, debuting tomorrow in print, is live online http://wsj.com/sf »

For pulp and paper nerds: SF Chronicle’s new glossy pages will be printed on “supercalendered groundwood” http://tr.im/EanM »

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.