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'Woodstein' Watergate Source Revealed (WaPo)
"Deep Throat," the secret source whose insider guidance was vital to The Washington Post's groundbreaking coverage of the Watergate scandal, was a pillar of the FBI named W. Mark Felt, the paper confirmed yesterday. WaPo Editorial: Felt revealed his role in part because of his family's belief that he deserves to be honored for his actions while he is alive. NYT: Watergate-era officials react to the revelation. NYT: Disclosure by source in Vanity Fair catches Post off-guard. E&P: Media respond to the solving of one of one of journalism's greatest mysteries. Slate: Felt's unmasking makes everyone look a little less noble, writes Timothy Noah. Salon: Daniel Ellsberg, Stanley Kutler, Adrian Havill, and David Daley weigh in on the end of the 30-year mystery. LAT: The secrecy that "Deep Throat" required seemed natural in a climate of cynicism and doubts. NYT Editorial: The discovery that "Deep Throat" was W. Mark Felt is a little like discovering that Superman's secret identity was Clark Kent. Fox News: Felt's family celebrates announcement. LAT: Journos see more to story than secret source. WaPo: Is Felt a hero or a villain, wonders Howard Kurtz. NYO: Before W. Mark Felt was conclusively identified as "Deep Throat," he took on one last alias at VF: "The Guy." NYO: Jacob Bernstein, son of Carl with writer Nora Ephron, is guarding his own sliver of the Watergate tale with a Sphinx-like silence. E&P: Robert Redford guessed "Deep Throat" was FBI, but picked the wrong man. Marketwatch: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein just got scooped on their own source, writes Jon Friedman. Guardian: VF's scoop was the result of a two-year negotiation process involving 15 editors, a San Francisco lawyer, and a dummy issue of the mag. USAT: There was something about O'Connor's story that "felt a little too odd not to be true," said VF's David Friend.

ABC's Fall Sales Nearly Done (Mediaweek)
As a result of the robust ratings gains in the 2004-5 season, as well as interest in new fall series like Commander in Chief and Invasion, an executive said that the network has sold $2.1 billion in prime-time advertising for the 2005-06 season.

Beeb Directors, Unions Far Apart (Guardian)
The unions at odds with the BBC over plans to make 4,000 staff redundant yesterday rejected a compromise and threatened to strike again if the director general, Mark Thompson, did not agree to further talks.

China: Journo Admitted to Spying (The Times)
Officials said that a detained journalist for an English-language newspaper has admitted to spying for a foreign intelligence agency, but did not identify the agency or detail the accusations against the Hong Kong-based reporter.

More G+J Fallout (NYP)
Axel Ganz, the genius behind many of Gruner + Jahr's successful operations worldwide, who floundered when he tried to grab a piece of the American marketplace, will be leaving his post as head of the company. His duties will be taken over by Fabrice Boe in Paris.

Video Game Lets You Be a Media Mogul (Press Release via Yahoo!)
ValuSoft, a leading global publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and productivity software, announced the release of Tabloid Tycoon, a PC Game that allows players to write and create their own scandalous tabloids, as well as build a media empire.

FHM Ed Axed After Dissing Howard Stern's Lady (Page Six)
Just hours after the shock-jock complained on-air about editor-at-large Jake Bronstein's assertion that three-time FHM cover girl Beth Ostrosky is only famous because she dates Stern, Bronstein was fired.

ESPN to Knock Hockey? (NYT)
The cable network is contemplating a future without National Hockey League coverage, three days after it refused to exercise an option to pay $60 million to carry the 2005-6 season.

WSJ and WaPo to Share Content (Guardian)
Under the deal, the Post will be able to print up to five international business stories a day from the Journal in its own finance section. Pieces will carry the original writers' bylines as well as a credit to The Wall Street Journal.

Today Staffer Busted Hawking Review Freebies Online (Page Six)
The unidentified Today show employee had 18 pages of books, CDs, and DVDs for sale on Amazon, while an eBay account in the same employee's name contained everything from food products to perfume.

World Newspaper Sales Up (Guardian)
While sales of newspapers in the U.S. and Europe are in decline, internationally they are on the up, with new figures showing daily newspaper sales across the world increased by 2.1 percent in 2004.

Daily Newspapers 'Over' Diversity? (E&P)
The analysis of the most recent American Society of Newspaper Editors census challenges the comforting notion held by many in the newspaper industry that progress on diversifying newsrooms may be slow, but it is steady and always moving forward.

JP Morgan to Acquire B2B Publisher Hanley-Wood (DM News)
An investment group led by JPMorgan Partners has entered into an agreement to acquire the business-to-business publisher, which serves the residential and commercial construction industries.

Times to Launch Classifieds Tabloid (NYP)
The tabloid version that hits June 9 will be known as Marketplace and will be heavy with classified ads for employment, automotive, and real estate. The paper will use hawkers to hand out 150,000 copies a day each Thursday afternoon between 3:30 and 7:30.

Rosenfield Returns to WCBS News (NYDN)
Jim Rosenfield yesterday said he is back at WCBS after five years at rival WNBC because of the chance to anchor the 11 p.m. newscast. NYDN: Two local news vets pick up anchor.

Jurkowitz Homecoming (Boston Phoenix)
The newspaper announced that when media watcher Dan Kennedy leaves in a few weeks for Northeastern University, his replacement will be his predecessor, Boston Globe columnist Mark Jurkowitz.

Is Sharpton Limbaugh's Heir Apparent? (Lowdown)
Last week, after Matrix Media announced a deal for Sharpton to host a "Limbaugh of the Left"-type talk radio show, conservative radio star Rush said he'll think about mentoring the minister in the finer points of the medium.

Accidental Tourists (LAT)
For many authors, the book tour is a literary Bataan Death March of long days, uncertain meals, and strange beds; interviewers who didn't crack your book; and skeptical readers.

Taking on Giants (NYT)
Robert Greenwald, having already taken on the Bush administration, the war in Iraq and the Fox News Channel, is working on a documentary-cum-indictment of Wal-Mart.

Laurel Works It (SFC)
Through the rapidly expanding Mediabistro.com, Laurel Touby has made it her business to know how to work a room with cool expertise, facilitating conversations and connecting people with common interests—despite a self-proclaimed inability to remember anybody's name.

Press-Blaming Officials Asked for Iraq Retraction (VV)
Sydney Schanberg: I submitted a single question to six officials by fax, starting with the President: "Given subsequent events and information, do you wish to retract or apologize for or amend any mistakes or statements you have made in relation to the Iraq war?"

—David S. Hirschman