Mediagazer: How The Weather Channel hunts for innovation (Ricardo Bilton/Digiday)

11:05 PM ET, July 3, 2014

Top News:

Google reverses decision, restores several links to Guardian stories after publisher protests — Google reverses decision to delete British newspaper links — (Reuters) - Google Inc GOOGL.O GOOG.O on Thursday reversed its decision to remove several links to stories in Britain's Guardian newspaper …

Discussion: RT, Gigaom, The Age, New York Times, @dannysullivan, @diodesign, @dannysullivan, @xor, @mathewi, @jledbetter, Guardian, Guardian and Engadget

Lauren Tara Lacapra / Reuters:
Ex-Merrill CEO says he has ‘no knowledge’ of Google search wipe

Discussion: Marketing Land

Ricardo Bilton / Digiday:

How The Weather Channel hunts for innovation — The Weather Channel has found an unlikely new application for its weather data — fitness. — OutSider, the company's new “biometeorological” app, lets runners measure and track how the weather affects their outdoor workouts …

Committee to Protect Journalists:

Nigerian editor missing since Tuesday — Abuja, Nigeria, July 3, 2014—The Committee to Protect Journalists holds Nigerian authorities responsible for the safety of an editor who was seized by armed men on Tuesday and has not been seen since. — Thomas Thomas, editor of the thrice-weekly …

Discussion: Premium Times Nigeria

Lisa Granatstein / Adweek:

Longtime Wenner Media COO John Gruber resigns; so does Rolling Stone publisher Chris McLoughlin — Longtime Wenner Media Execs Quit — On the eve of the Fourth of July holiday weekend, longtime Wenner Media executive John Gruber has resigned, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @bmorrissey, @joshsternberg and @markhor

Patrick Frater / Variety:

Netflix Seems Headed for Australia, But Company Won't Say When — Content availability, piracy, and other priorities may be delaying the ‘Down Under’ debut — HONG KONG — It doesn't quite have the pop culture ring of “I Want My MTV,” but plenty of Australians are clamouring for Netflix to launch ‘Down Under.’

Discussion: afr.com, CNET and ZDNet

Dan Pearson / GamesIndustry International:

Twitch, the social video site for gamers, grows to 45 million unique viewers per month, 1 million broadcasters, 106 minutes watched per day by average user — Twitch - 1 million channels and rising — The Big Event: E3 — “We had to prove that this is more than just watching people, that it's really about engagement”

Discussion: TheBitbag, Softpedia News and Digital Spy

Benjamin Mullin / Poynter:

How NPR built its Civil Rights Act interactive — Journalists usually try to cover current events, keep excess quotes to a minimum and remove their notes from the final draft. On Wednesday, journalists at NPR threw out these rules. — The result? An interactive feature born …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Randy Lewis / Los Angeles Times:

Music streaming up, sales down in first half of 2014 — SoundScan — Pop & Hiss — The L.A. Times music blog

Discussion: New York Times and Variety

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Despite promises, Rebekah Brooks still hasn't explained why News of the World was shuttered in 2011 — So, Rebekah Brooks, what was the reason for the News of the World's closure? — On 8 July 2011, Rebekah Brooks stood nervously before the staff of the News of the World to tell them that their newspaper was to be closed down.

Discussion: Sky News, @greenslader, @themurdochtimes and @martincloake

Ron Nixon / New York Times:

Journalists at Odds With Union Over Role of Voice of America — WASHINGTON — Voice of America journalists who are fighting to maintain what they say is their editorial independence are now at odds not only with Congress, but also with their own union. — The union, the American Federation …

Discussion: The Corsair, Gawker, @lauralynchcbc, @anonyops, @eldestran, @kgosztola and @jasonleopold

Laura Kusisto / Wall Street Journal:

Vice moving to new HQ, adding 525 staff, may receive $6.5M tax credit — Vice Media Moving to New Williamsburg Headquarters — The online production company's move to a 60,000-square-foot former industrial building in Brooklyn will allow it to add 525 employees.

Discussion: The New York Observer, Capital New York, Gothamist, Capital New York, Gawker, Media & Entertainment, FishbowlNY, The Awl and bookforum.com

Mark Sweney / Guardian:

The Guardian appoints Alberto Nardelli as data editor — Tweetminster co-founder joins publisher to boost political data storytelling and election coverage — Alberto Nardelli has been appointed data editor of the Guardian. — Alberto Nardelli, the co-founder of Tweetminster, has been appointed as the Guardian's data editor.

Discussion: GNM press office, @raju and Alberto Nardelli