Some stuff that I deemed worthy of 'starring' today on Twitter.

From the Financial Times: (seen via Twitter)

News Corp is planning to introduce micro-payments for individual articles and premium subscriptions to the Wall Street Journal’s website this year, in a milestone in the news industry’s race to find better online business models.

The NYT's Frank Rich sums up developments in American newspaper journalism and ends with a warning that if we want good journalism, we're going to have to pay for it.

Toronto Star Editor Michael Cooke has announced a series of newsroom changes that emphasize local news coverage and more closely align the Star's newspaper and website, thestar.com.

Associate editor Lynn McAuley, who takes charge of the Star's daytime news operation, has also been handed the task of newspaper and website reorganization.

"She has been tasked with masterminding a huge restructuring that will enable us to put more stories and multimedia online faster and smarter while strengthening the newspaper," Cooke told staff in a notice announcing the changes, which have taken effect.

Alison Uncles takes charge of the features team while Graham Parley becomes the city editor.

The Project for Excellence in Journalism found H1N1/swine flu to be number one with a bullet for the week of April 27 - May 3.

But Toronto Star public editor Kathy English thought her paper handled the news tsunami well.