Links on Twitter: Video game consoles in 60% of U.S. homes, HuffPo’s formula for traffic, 8 years of Apple tablet rumors

Funny how things change: A new site for baby boomers is “going out on a limb” with an ad model. http://j.mp/8YYREc »

Apple tablet rumors are nothing new. Here’s an 8-year timeline. http://j.mp/6C6IhR »

HuffPo credits Facebook, SEO and a news/entertainment blend for increasing traffic by 6 million users. http://j.mp/4qWt7F »

Nearly 60% of U.S. homes have a video game console. http://j.mp/6luQPe Related stats: http://j.mp/8uJDcN »

Sarah Scire

Postcards and laundromat visits: The Texas Tribune audience team experiments with IRL distribution

As social platforms falter for news, a number of nonprofit outlets are rethinking distribution for impact and in-person engagement.

Hanaa' Tameez

Radio Ambulante launches its own record label as a home for its podcast’s original music

“So much of podcast music is background, feels like filler sometimes, but with our composers, it never is.”

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

How uncritical news coverage feeds the AI hype machine

“The coverage tends to be led by industry sources and often takes claims about what the technology can and can’t do, and might be able to do in the future, at face value in ways that contribute to the hype cycle.”