We also owe a lot to the early movers in this space, particularly the Washington Post whose engineering team provided us with tips from their own experience switching to HTTPS. (See our coverage of Wired’s and the Post’s move.)

“The change could happen in the next two weeks, said the person who asked not to be named because the decision isn’t yet public.”

The “Offsite” widget integrates with many advocacy-focused websites and would instantly allow readers, for example, to sign a Change.org petition related to sexual assault or contribute to a related Kickstarter campaign, or RSVP to a protest via Eventbrite.

Veteran journalist (and Nieman Fellow!) Debra Adams Simmons and former Washington Post managing editor and Columbia Journalism Review editor-in-chief Elizabeth Spayd are among those still being considered, sources familiar with the process told the Huffington Post.

NextFT has been in the works for a year, with no hard date for a full public relaunch. In that time, the publisher has been bringing readers under the hood — about 15 percent of users see NextFT — and tinkering as it goes. There have already been four homepage redesigns, based on online feedback and focus groups.

WBAA general manager Mike Savage said “’public radio leaders must keep the balance between mission and bottom line in the forefront’ and that TAL’s partnership with Pandora crossed a line.”

More than half of Facebook’s roughly 1.7 billion monthly users visit the site exclusively from their smartphones. In April, roughly 61 percent of Wikipedia’s traffic came from mobile devices.

“The company said Monday it will help marketers sell and place “in-stream” and “in-article” video ads across third-party websites and applications, including those operated by Daily Mail, Mashable and USA Today Sports Media Group.”

The Hill, Roll Call, and National Journal were once staples in offices across Capitol Hill and K Street. Now the publications are trying to reach larger audiences.

The site will have four sections: sports, culture, historically black colleges and universities, and a stream of joyful items called The Uplift.