Popular on Twitter: Snarkmarket on Ambinder, Slate vs. The Observer and Collaboration at The Guardian UK

[Early every afternoon Eastern time, we’ll be highlighting the most-talked-about links in the future-of-news corner of Twitter. What are news nerds buzzing about? Here are today’s top 10, gathered via The Hourly Press. It’s like being on Twitter all day, without actually having to be on Twitter all day. —Josh]

NY Observer’s piece on Jacob Weisberg and the future of Slate

Weisberg: NYO piece got it wrong and it’s the type of journalism we avoid

Snarkmarket asks: Was Marc Ambinder actually a blogger?

Uncovering the NYT’s first election map from 1896

Jobs! Medill’s got ’em.

Snarkmarket, take 2: “Blogging in a Thunderdome of criticism”

Why did the NYT blogs go dark for several hours?

A Q&A on “The View from Nowhere”

Bloomberg’s Businessweek cutting jobs

Openness, collaboration and the future at the Guardian

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.