Some of the best media industry stories from around the web:

• ProPublica | Breaking the Black Box Episode 1: Facebook (2 min listen)
• CJR | Facebook is being taken somewhere it never wanted to go (5 min read)
• New York Times | A Choice Beyond Cable Box Rentals? It May Hinge on a Swing Voter (4 min read)
• The Ad Contrarian | The Devaluation of Creativity (8 min read)
• AdAge | In an Ad Blocking Battle, Whose Side Is Google On? (3 min read)
• Digiday | Confessions of an ad tech veteran: ‘You have no idea how much should be charged’ (3 min read)
• AdAge | AWNY Unveils New Identity: She Runs It (2 min read)
• Billboard | T Bone Burnett Goes on Anti-Free Streaming Warpath at Americana Fest Panel (5 min read)
• Bloomberg | Facebook Says It Gave Advertisers Inflated Video Metrics (3 min read)
• AdAge | Business Insider Testing a Reader Paywall, and an Ad-Blocking Response (2 min read)
• CJR | How should journalism cover terrorism? (3 min read)