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3:40 PM ET, July 3, 2014

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William Turvill / Press Gazette:
Yahoo to delete thousands of articles and axe hundreds of writers with closure of Contributor Network  —  Yahoo is closing its Contributor Network website, resulting in articles by hundreds of writers from over the last two-and-a-half years being deleted from the internet.
Lauren Tara Lacapra / Reuters:
Ex-Merrill CEO says he has ‘no knowledge’ of Google search wipe  —  (Reuters) - E. Stanley O'Neal, the former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, said on Thursday he has “no knowledge” of an apparent effort to remove a BBC article mentioning him from Google Inc search results in Europe.
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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:
Thanks To “Right To Be Forgotten,” Google Now Censors The Press In The EU
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.
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 …
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.
Nathalie Tadena / Wall Street Journal:
Readers Recall Tablet Magazine Ads at Same Rate as Print Ads  —  A splashy ad in a magazine may catch a reader's eye as he or she is flipping through the pages, but would that ad grab someone's attention when it's displayed on a tablet? … With an ever-growing array of screens and formats to serve ads …
Discussion: Good E-Reader
Sam Thielman / Adweek:
Univision streaming video stops being free on Friday, will require a cable subscription  —  Univision Streaming Video Stops Being Free on Friday Ratings set records, but digital will require a cable sub from now on By Sam Thielman  —  It's going to be harder to watch the World Cup on Univision at your desk come Friday.
Discussion: Variety and Lost Remote
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.
Lisa Granatstein / Adweek:
Longtime Wenner Media COO Gruber resigns; so does Rolling Stone publisher 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.
Stuart Dredge / Guardian:
YouTube, apps and Minecraft: digital kids and the future of childrens media  —  SuperAwesome boss Dylan Collins challenges entertainment companies and investors to adapt to change  —  Dylan Collins: ‘The reason Minecraft exploded was it allowed kids to create’
Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Weinstein Company Is Said to Consider Spinning Off TV Unit  —  LOS ANGELES — Just seven months after declaring an ambitious thrust into television, the Weinstein Company, best known for its Oscar-winning film operation, is exploring plans to spin off its TV division into a separate company …
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
Exclusive: BBC's Panorama team loses confidential information relating to a secret British Army unit  —  A researcher allegedly downloaded material from an online dropbox service on to a USB stick and handed it to a third party  —  Highly sensitive and confidential information relating …
Discussion: @davidtpegg and @logic__bomb
Tom Pakinkis / Music Week:
Getty offers catalogue of 45,000 royalty-free music tracks  —  Getty Images has expanded its music licensing platform to provide content creators with access to more than 45,000 high-quality, fully pre-licensed tracks.  —  The library of music can be obtained through Getty Images SoundExpress collection.
Discussion: bizjournals and hypebot
Reuters:
New swathe of online services disrupted in China; activists see HK protest link  —  (Reuters) - Access to online services such as messaging app Line and photo-sharing site Flickr was disrupted in China this week, a step anti-censorship groups said was carried out by the government …
 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
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Discussion: @domponsford
Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:
Weibo takes a page out of Twitter's book with the beta launch of its TV ratings service
Discussion: ecns
Charlotte Higgins / Guardian:
The BBC: how the voice of an empire became part of an evolving world
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Dominic Smith / Guardian:
Council spent £200,000 trying to unmask blogger
Amena Bakr / Reuters:
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Jon Healey / Los Angeles Times:
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