1. Grantland and Dr. V: What happens when niche journalism meets the network effect (Mathew Ingram / GigaOm)
2. Verizon agrees to buy Intel’s failed internet TV project (Aaron Souppouris / Verge)
3. How an intern created the NYT’s dialect quiz, the site’s most-visited content in 2013 (Ryan Graff / Knight Lab)
4. As Netflix rises, more people are cancelling HBO and Showtime (Todd Spangler / Variety)
5. Smartwatches and the digital future of news (Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk)