Mediagazer: After almost four years of ignoring paidContent into marked decline, finally Guardian is doing the right thing to sell to Gigaom, if true. (Rafat Ali/@rafat)

8:05 AM ET, February 6, 2012

Top News:

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Is GigaOm Buying PaidContent? — Who wants to pay for PaidContent? We'll find out soon, it seems, because the sales process for the pioneering blog and its parent company ContentNext appears to be wrapping up. — But if you were making a bet, you'd get good odds that the most likely buyer …

Rafat Ali / @rafat:

After almost four years of ignoring paidContent into marked decline, finally Guardian is doing the right thing to sell to Gigaom, if true.

Discussion: @colbyhall

Dan Sabbagh / Guardian:

Leveson inquiry: police bribery probe expanded after Sun arrests — Sue Akers, head of Operation Elveden, says there is ‘very legitimate public interest’ in investigating leaks to journalists — The Scotland Yard team investigating allegations that newspaper journalists bribed police officers …

Discussion: @joshhalliday

Business Insider:

The Incredible Shrinking New York Times — The New York Times just reported its fourth-quarter results to finish out 2011. — And it's still shrinking. — Despite the launch of an online paywall that has, by any measure, been a big success, the company's revenue for its core news business shrank again in 2011.

Discussion: TechCrunch, @michaelwolffnyc, @michaelwolffnyc, @michaelwolffnyc, @michaelwolffnyc, @romenesko and Future of Journalism

Jeff Roberts / paidContent:

The New York Times' About.com: From All-Star To Albatross — About.com is in free fall. The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) revealed yesterday that its network of information sites suffered a 67% drop in profits and that revenues had fallen by a quarter. — The new figures come …

Discussion: The Atlantic Wire

Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
The NYT needs a lot more than just a paywall

Discussion: Slate, @mathewi and Newsonomics

Henry McDonald / Guardian:

Man accused of O'Hagan murder jailed for three years on other charges — Neil Hyde, 32, has signed contract that police hope will convict the killers of Sunday World journalist Martin O'Hagan — A man who had been accused of murdering the only reporter killed covering the Northern Ireland Troubles …

Discussion: Press Gazette

Brian Stelter / New York Times:

After a Dip Into Video, Print Media Are Plunging In — The newest addition to the newsroom of Politico makes a statement about the news Web site's priorities. It's a stage set with lights, microphones, an anchor desk and five high-definition cameras so that reporters and editors can produce hours …

Discussion: Future of Journalism and Beet.TV, Thanks:@beet_tv

Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Arianna Huffington's Vision of Interactive Video Journalism

Discussion: Future of Journalism and FishbowlNY, Thanks:@beet_tv

Rip Empson / TechCrunch:

First Legal Streaming Super Bowl A Success, But Audience Still Denied The Real Show — Lately, we've been seeing more and more big television events come with an online streaming counterpart. Sporting and televised events are showing up online with increasing frequency …

Discussion: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, FT Tech Hub, AllThingsD, @twitter, The Next Web, The Wrap, @twitter, Forbes, The Next Web, Adweek and Softpedia News, more at Techmeme »

David Carr / New York Times:

Significant and Silly at BuzzFeed — When a Web site called BuzzFeed broke the news in early January that John McCain was endorsing Mitt Romney, more than a few readers scratched their heads and said, “What is a BuzzFeed?” — They're about to find out. — BuzzFeed is the creation …

Discussion: @jayrosen_nyu

Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:

Colbert v. the Court — Why, in the battle over Citizens United, the Supreme Court never had a chance. — The Supreme Court has always had its critics. Chief Justice John Marshall had to contend with the temper of President Andrew Jackson ("John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it!").

Discussion: The Rumpus.net, Hit & Run and Splitsider

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

topheadlin.es: Aggregating both news and news judgment — top headlines: — There's a morning routine that seems to unite almost everyone in the media world: that first, groggy glance at the smartphone before leaving bed. It's a universal experience born out of a basic need: Tell me what I need to know right now.

Discussion: The FJP and Gawker

Steve Myers / Poynter:

Sacramento Bee fires Bryan Patrick for photo manipulation — The Sacramento Bee fired award-winning photographer Bryan Patrick Friday after finding three cases, going back to 2009, in which he digitally manipulated photographs. — Patrick was suspended earlier this week when a reader raised questions …

Discussion: Sacramento Bee, Guardian and FishbowlLA