The Onion testing metered paywall on non-U.S. visitors bit.ly/pBe2cY

Trade publisher Schofield Media Group shutting down bit.ly/qE7rU8

Xinhua, China's state run news agency, buys premium Times Square ad space. via @businessnews

RT writerswrite Hot Rumor: Apple in talks to buy Barnes and Noble bit.ly/pPkdO8

RT writerswrite Ebook dales surged, adult hardcover sales plunged in May 2011 bit.ly/rjnInG

CNN offers live streaming on iPad, iPhone app bit.ly/pCBNDS

Idealab founder Bill Gross expects Google+ to grow from 0 to 100 million users faster than any other service bit.ly/pucp70

Rupert Murdoch shuts down News of the World tabloid in shock response to hacking scandal bit.ly/nC7ryz

Amazon buys The Book Depository, a UK online bookseller bit.ly/pdkhVI

Newsweek reaches journalistic low with photoshopped Princess Diana cover via @celebritygossip