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1. The Stakes in Hulk Hogan’s Gawker Lawsuit (Fabio Bertoni / New Yorker)
2. GroundSource Is Trying To Help News Sites Build Community Through Text-Message Conversations (Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab)
3. Paid Journalism Startup Blendle Launches In the U.S. (Joe Pompeo / Politico Media)
4. Google Is Building YouTube Connect, a Livestreaming App to Take on Periscope (Ken Yeung / Venture Beat)
5. Silicon Valley’s Stars Guess What Real Startups Do (Peter Rubin / Wired)
6. How Fortune Draws From 5,000 Outside Contributors (Lucia Moses / Digiday)
