Links on Twitter: AFP to get into direct-content, ONA to revamp site, UK Times paywall leads to advertiser pull-out

How social data built a better health care app: @digiphile guest-posts at @mashable http://nie.mn/bxM0p1 »

"Imaginary cosmopolitans": @TheEconomist considers cross-national web use with data from @zephoria @ethanz http://nie.mn/az68Ai »

B2B no more: AFP’s setting stage to offer readers direct access to its content via web, apps http://nie.mn/9BDslF »

Congrats @ONA on a $75K grant from Excellence & Ethics in Journalism Foundation to develop its site http://nie.mn/dgzJha »

Crowdsourcing! Cooperation! Cop-evasion! New site maps police speed traps http://nie.mn/aL5Hvr (via @robinJP) »

Monocle opens NYC shop selling furniture, candles, stationery, clothing–and back issues of the mag http://nie.mn/cuFiba »

Advertisers pull out of The Times after post-paywall traffic collapse http://nie.mn/cxbKf8 »

Twitter scores another news-breaking credit, this time with the Discovery Channel gunman story http://nie.mn/9Iuj2Q »

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.