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1. NPR Photographer, Interpreter Killed In Afghanistan (Eyder Peralta / NPR)
2. ComScore Says People Prefer Ads in Podcasts Over Any Other Digital Medium (Marty Swant / AdWeek)
3. Instagram’s Plan To Show You The Best Photos First Is Now Rolling Out Globally (Casey Newton / The Verge)
4. Why The Guardian Is Building Its Own Mobile Ad Units (Jessica Davies / Digiday)
5. What Happens When a 50-Something Journalist Gets a Week’s Worth of News From Snapchat Discover? (Bill Adair / Nieman Lab)
6. Beset By Rivals and Record Labels, Spotify Plots Path To Profit (Mia Shanley / Reuters)
7. Winnipeg Free Press Sees Success After One Year Of Micropayments Says Publisher (Jessica Patterson / J-Source)
