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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, Digital Spy, BBC, The Register, 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, Trends in the Living Networks, 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

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.

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, Charles Apple, Daily Kos and TPM LiveWire

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: Chickaboomer and CNN

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.

Jim / Gannett Blog:

Memo: GCI hunts for more reader e-mail addresses; advertisers to benefit from iPad-fueled campaign — [Campaign uses Deals sites, such as Rochester's, circled area] — Corporate is ratcheting up efforts to persuade more readers to turn over their e-mail addresses for use by advertisers in national …