1. Why does local matter? Let’s ask our audience (Melody Kramer / Poynter)
2. Instagram gets newsy with trends and place search (Sarah Buhr & Josh Constine / TechCrunch)
3. Facebook knocks Walmart out of top 10 most valuable companies (Tom Huddleston Jr. / Fortune)
4. Hulu will sell Showtime on the web at a 20% discount (Peter Kafka / Re/code)
5. Watch: John Oliver stands up for women online on ‘Last Week Tonight’ (Inkoo Kang / IndieWire)
6. The quantified sex life? Not so fast (Lux Alptraum / Verge)