Carter Reynolds’ Twitter spat is a poor advert for social media

A banal spat between two teenagers tells a sorry tale of oversharing, the currency of teenage sexuality, and the vulnerability of growing up in public

Quartz’s Bobby Ghosh: ‘We see the world through the prism of the new global, digital economy’

The managing editor of news site Quartz on career change, covering conflict, and the future for his former employer Time

DMG Media’s Mel Scott to head new unified advertising sales team

Publisher creates Mail Brands UK to sell ads across all its titles

It’s not the BBC’s fault the local press is in trouble

Regional newspaper groups are disingenuous to point the finger at the corporation – they have been architects of their own decline by failing to invest

New York Times to set up London team focusing on native ads

T Brand Studios unit will launch in August with four staff for its ‘paid posts’ in bid to attract more international clients

Sink or swim for NME as long-running music weekly goes free from September

Magazine will also branch out into TV and film, fashion, politics, gaming and tech in a move described as the ‘last throw of the dice’

Blocking out ads is bad news for free online sites

With one click, viewers can delete irritating commercials - and a whole emerging model of internet financing self-destructs

Syrians respond to ‘summer in Syria’ tweet with photographic realities of war

Users hijack hashtag of PR tweet from state news agency to share images of injured civilians and devastation from four-year conflict

Dow Jones chief’s tech warning on news undermined by ‘cats on skateboards’

Will Lewis says sharing deals with companies such as Facebook, Apple and Google pose threat to newspapers over control of content

Daily Mail signs deal with Dr Phil for news and entertainment show

US talk show host to make daily programme with tabloid’s website, syndicated by CBS

Journalist Laurie Penny banned from Facebook for using pseudonym

New Statesman columnist tweets displeasure after being kicked off social media site, saying she used alias to avoid being trolled

Daily Mail, WPP and Snapchat to launch native advertising agency

Sir Martin Sorrell’s marketing services group joins newspaper and tech company in new venture that aims to work across media and ad industry

Calumny is more than ‘a little breeze’ in these days of unmediated social media

When failings are exposed at open institutions like the BBC, ferocious typhoons are easily whipped up on Twitter – and manipulated by malicious parties

Sun to relax paywall as part of drive to exploit social media

Growth of news sharing on sites such as Facebook and Twitter prompts tabloid to make selected digital content available for free

Google and Local World strike deal to launch 10 evening editions

Regional publisher to launch titles such as the Bristol Post and Leicester Mercury through apps that launch at 5pm daily