Our recommended reads from around the web:

• NiemanLab: Testing its pay-per-article model in English, Blendle launches in the United States with 20 publishers (7 min read)
• AdAge: Three Reasons Why Ad Blockers Are Good for Advertising (3 min read)
• WSJ: Moat Raises $50 Million to Help Develop Digital Ad Currency (7 min read)
• LinkedIn Pulse: Adblocking: effect, cause, resolution? (5 min read)
• The Next Web: 5 ways adblockers are changing your entire online experience (4 min read)
• The Washington Post: The Latest: Jury awards Hulk Hogan $115M in Gawker lawsuit (3 min read)
• NYTimes: The Mutual Dependence of Donald Trump and the News Media (9 min read)
• NiemanLab: Mike Ananny: It’s time to reimagine the role of a public editor, starting at The New York Times (8 min read)
• Mashable: Break the News (13 min read)
• LinkedIn Pulse: These Are the Two Original Sins of the Internet—And Now’s the Time to Fix Them (11 min read)