1. Why we need a global paywall (Matthew Taub / Medium)
2. Cable, Twitter picked up #Ferguson story at a similar clip (Paul Hitlin & Nancy Vogt / Pew Research)
3. A federal court rejects Aereo’s request to argue it’s a cable company (Brian Fung / The Washington Post)
4. Why it’s smart of the HuffPo to partner with Beacon Reader in crowdfunding a reporter (Mathew Ingram / GigaOm)
5. Pandora and Indiegogo release diversity data (Jeff Elder / The Wall Street Journal)
6. Most smartphone users download zero apps per month (Dan Frommer / Quartz)
7. Here’s a $600 million plan to sell HBO on the web (Peter Kafka / Re/code)