“As we approach 2015, there’s a big chill bearing down on almost every continent. The press — weakened by its own business bad fortunes — is seeing an unprecedented level of challenge,” writes Doctor. “It’s not just the numbers that tell the story here. The pressures on journalists have multiplied, with the digital revolution creating some of those in unpredictable ways.”

+ A study from Scandinavia offers some insights and surprises on tablet ads(García Media); What pattern does content-sharing follow and what makes a post go viral internationally?: Anita Mehrotra, a data scientist at BuzzFeed, shares an interactive visualization on global traffic (BuzzFeed)

+ An update in Spain: Google News lives on in Spain despite being closed, by showing news in regular search results (Search Engine Land)