Mediagazer: A Cover Credit for Clothing (Joseph Plambeck/Media Decoder)

Decca Aitkenhead / Guardian:

Clay Shirky: ‘Times paywall will fail’ — The internet guru on the death of newspapers, why paywall will fail and how the internet has brought out our creativity - and generosity — If you are reading this article on a printed copy of the Guardian, what you have in your hand will …

Discussion: New York Observer and The Staggers

Jemima Kiss / Guardian:

Trust endorses 25% budget cut to BBC online services — Trust insists that likely £30m reduction would be ‘carefully targeted’ to allow growth in less commercially viable areas — The BBC Trust today endorsed a 25% budget cut to the BBC's online services as part of wider cost savings across …

Discussion: paidContent, Press Gazette, Variety, BBC, The Register, Digital Spy, C21Media and Electricpig

Gail Shister / TVNewser:

CNN's Reinvention: 'I just hope they don't go for some young, hip, king of snark' — Why did CNN hire disgraced ex-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and conservative columnist Kathleen Parker for its new 8 p.m. show? — “Apparently Madoff wasn't available,” deadpans CNN exile Aaron Brown (Class of '05), king of the caustic soundbite.

Discussion: Mediaite

Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:

At Yahoo, Using Queries to Steer News Coverage — Welcome to the era of the algorithm as editor. — For as long as hot lead has been used to make metal type, the model for generating news has been top-down: editors determined what information was important and then shared it with the masses.

Discussion: Search Engine Land, Softpedia News, Go Rumors, New York Observer, ResourceShelf, Editors Weblog, Techie Buzz and The Wall Blog, more at Techmeme »

David Carr / New York Times:

The Media Equation: For Blogger, ‘Outspoken’ Was a Selling Point, Till It Wasn't — Wanted: Political blogger covering the conservative movement. Must be provocative and write with a strong point of view although not in a way that would reveal bias or offend any of your potential subjects.

Discussion: Washington Post and New York Observer

Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:

On The Economist's Cover, Only a Part of the Picture — It was the ideal metaphor for a politically troubled president. — There was President Obama on the cover of the June 19 issue of The Economist, standing alone on a Louisiana beach, head down, looking forlornly at the ground.

Discussion: Magforum, Daily Kos, Charles Apple and TPM LiveWire

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Sunday Times ‘borrows’ free copy to put behind its paywall — Ever since Times Newspapers announced that it would erect an online paywall, its various apologists have argued that charging for access is necessary to pay for “quality journalism.” — So we heard a lot about the high cost …

Discussion: Editors Weblog

David Carr / New York Times:

Gaps in Watchdog Journalism Reflected in News From a Trial — Readers who came across a public radio blog documenting the five-week trial of a former Chicago police commander on charges of perjury and obstruction about cases involving torture under his command had to wonder where in the world WBEZ Chicago found so much expertise.

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Larry King Dreams a Little — After announcing the end of his 25-year-old talk show last Tuesday, Larry King waited all of half an hour before daydreaming about the next line on his résumé. — “I got to get other things to do,” Mr. King said as his guest on CNN, Bill Maher …

Discussion: CNN and Chickaboomer

Media Week:

Ids set to close with loss of more than 100 jobs — EXCLUSIVE: Ids, Virgin Media's ad sales house, is set to close after 14 years of business following the loss of the UKTV account to Channel 4 today. — IDS to close with loss of more than 100 jobs, including MD Wildman

Discussion: paidContent:UK

StartupNorth:

Sysomos acquired — News has leaked out today that Toronto-based Sysomos, a social media monitoring firm, has been acquired by MarketWire. — As usual, the terms of the deal are not being disclosed, but we do know that, like BumpTop, Sysomos was funded out of the Growthworks Commercialization fund.

Joseph Plambeck / Media Decoder:

A Cover Credit for Clothing — On the latest cover of Men's Health magazine, Kellan Lutz, a Calvin Klein model and actor in the “Twilight” movie series, stands shirtless in jeans while a big headline in the upper left-hand corner blares “Beach Muscle Now!” The tiny type in the opposite corner reads: “Kellan wears Calvin Klein Jeans.”

Discussion: Gawker and Rex Hammock's RexBlog.com