1. Librarians are dedicated to user privacy. The tech they have to use is not. (April Glaser & Alison Macrina / Slate)
2. How Edward Snowden changed journalism (Steve Coll / The New Yorker)
3. Digital ad revenue hits $23 billion in first half of 2014 (Laurie Sullivan / Media Post)
4. 23% increase in defamation actions as social media claims rise (Roy Greenslade / Guardian)
5. Yahoo: Tumblr to make over $100 million in revenue next year (Brian R. Fitzgerald / The Wall Street Journal Digits)
6. “She tweeted against the Mexican cartels. They tweeted her murder.” (Jason McGahan / The Daily Beast)