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Rove May Be Plame Leak (Newsweek)
The emails surrendered by Time Inc. show that one of Matthew Cooper's sources was White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove. It is unclear, however, what passed between Cooper and Rove. LAT: Rove's lawyer says he did not leak the confidential information. E&P: Rove "knowingly" refusing interviews on Plame leak.

New Woodward Book Sheds Light on Self (WaPo)
Bob Thompson: The Secret Man is the closest thing to self-examination that Bob Woodward—who went on to become the most celebrated journalist of his time—has ever published. USAT: Woodward book goes "wide but not deep." LAT: Tome only speculates on motivation of "Deep Throat."

Pearlstine: When to Give Up a Source (Time)
In surrendering a reporter's notes, Time Inc.'s top editor says the rule of law trumps the promise of confidentiality. Where does journalism go from here? NYT: Threat of subpoena intensifies for journos. USAT: Plame case raises fears among media. SF Chron Editorial: Time's move has set a bleak precedent for all journalists in a democratic society.

Danza Done-za? (Page Six)
The Tony Danza Show was the site of a mini-massacre this week, with sidekick Ereka Vetrini and several producers being axed. Buena Vista is already preparing a replacement program to be hosted by Gloria Estefan.

ESPN to Cross Pond (Guardian)
The sports broadcaster is close to signing a deal to launch a U.K. version of its popular "classic" channel and remains in talks to launch a 24-hour live European sports channel.

ABC Holds Up Without Jennings (LAT)
Despite the uncertainty caused by Peter Jennings' illness, World News Tonight has held steadily to the gap between the top-rated NBC Nightly News and the ABC broadcast.

Media Moguls Gather for Annual Sun Valley Confab (AP via Seattle Times)
With so many heads of major media companies in attendance, the annual conference, whose events are closed to reporters, is seen as a breeding ground for potential merger deals.

Time Warner Mulling ITV Buy (Reuters via CNN)
Britain's Mail reported that the media conglomorate and U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs had teamed up with British buyout firm Apax to consider a bid.

Bubble Vicious! (WaPo)
Howard Kurtz: Five years after most of the media cheered on a stock-market mania that blew up, journalists seem determined to sound warnings about the overheated real estate market.

Big Media Eye Pods (NYT)
In a nascent state, podcasting is the platform du jour, the latest form of jailbreak media that has plain old citizens pulling up the microphone and mainstream media running scared.

Poor Writing Costs Taxpayers Millions (AP via Yahoo!)
States spend nearly a quarter of a billion dollars a year on remedial writing instruction for their employees, and the indirect costs of sloppy writing probably hurt taxpayers even more.

Newspapers Betting on Audience Participation (NYT)
One North Carolina newspaper is trying to turn itself into a virtual town square, where citizens have a say in the news and where every reader is a reporter.

Doubts Linger Over Klebnikov Murder (AP via San Jose Mercury News)
Strong doubts remain about an investigation that has become a crucial test of Vladimir Putin's Russia and its justice system—whether it can dig deeper than political expediency and unearth the truth.

New Harry Potter Book Under Close Watch (NYT)
Security plans are in place and lawyers are standing by in case any copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince go astray before July 16.

Media Blindsided by O'Connor Announcement (WaPo)
All eyes had been on the chief justice, who is battling thyroid cancer. But as she has done so often in her 24 years on the high court, O'Connor dominated the news from it.

3DTV En Route (NYT)
The ever-evolving high-tech revolution is finally moving 3D entertainment to the next stage, with cell phones and televisions and other devices that make images appear to leap off the screen.

Eisner Memoir 'No Bestseller' (LAT)
Some find it hard to embrace the image conveyed in outgoing Disney chief Michael Eisner's memoir Camp, an all-kumbaya-all-the-time ode to the getaway where he spent the summers of his youth.

A Real Dahl (New Yorker)
Margaret Talbot: Roald Dahl is a children's writer whom many adults over the years have disliked or distrusted, due more to his sensibility than to his writing style.

—David S. Hirschman