1. How Funny or Die learned to stop worrying and embrace platforms (Lucia Moses / Digiday)
2. The Pentagon’s dangerous views on the wartime press (via New York Times Editorial Board)
3. New journalism venture CALmatters will expand California political coverage with Knight support (via Knight Foundation)
4. Slant: A publishing platform built on pay-per-click content (Ricardo Bilton / Digiday)
5. Has Tinder really sparked a dating apocalypse? (Jesse Singal / New York Magazine)