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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Andy Coulson jailed for 18 months for conspiracy to hack phones — Sentencing of former News of the World executives over phone hacking shows no one is above the law, says David Cameron — The disgraced former No 10 spin doctor Andy Coulson has been jailed for 18 months for plotting …
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Mr Justice Saunders' phone-hacking trial sentencing remarks in full — Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson was jailed today alongside two former colleagues for his involvement in phone-hacking. — Coulson received an 18-month prison term, former chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
More News of the World staff may face phone-hacking charges — Crown Prosecution Service considering whether to lay charges after police hand over files on eight Operation Pinetree suspects — The Crown Prosecution Service is considering whether to charge more News of the World staff …
Jodie Ginsberg / Index on Censorship:
Right to be forgotten: A poor ruling, clumsily implemented — When Europe's highest court ruled in May that individuals had a ‘right to be forgotten’ many were quick to hail this as a victory for privacy. ‘Private’ individuals would now be able to ask search engines to remove links …
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Reuters:
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 …
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New York Times, Search Engine Land, RT, Softpedia News, VentureBeat, @adrianweckler, Guardian, @dannysullivan, @xor, @dannysullivan, @mathewi, @diodesign, @jledbetter, New York Times, BGR, Guardian, BBC News, Quartz, The Age, Guardian, Gigaom and Engadget
Mark Colvin / ABC:
Peter Greste's parents meet up with son for first time since arrest — MARK COLVIN: The parents of the imprisoned Australian journalist Peter Greste have seen their son for the first time since he was arrested more than six months ago. — Peter Greste and his two Al Jazeera colleagues …
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BBC, @hunderhi, @hamishnews, @flip_stewart and @sommervillebbc
Brent Lang / Variety:
21st Century Fox Launches Mentoring Program for Female Directors — 21st Century Fox will try to bolster the presence of women behind the camera through a new mentoring program. — The media giant and Fox Audience Strategy launches the Fox Global Directors Initiative this week …
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Cinema Blend and Guardian
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Music Streaming Eats Downloads With On-Demand Up 42% Over 2013, Digital Sales Down 12% — Nielsen's U.S. music report on the first half of 2014 shows digital music consumption rapidly shifting from downloads to streaming. On-demand streaming was up 42% over the first half of 2013, racking up 70 billion play in the first half of 2014.
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9to5Mac, Cybergrass Bluegrass … and New York Times
Leila Fadel / Columbia Journalism Review:
Why women are leading coverage of the war-torn Middle East — Why women are leading coverage of the war-torn Middle East — (Staff Sgt. Mark Fayloga / Marine Corps) — Liz Sly, the Beirut bureau chief of The Washington Post, was sitting in the lobby of a Damascus hotel a couple of years ago …
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 …
John McCarthy / The Drum:
Virtual Local Radio scheme launches with BBC Radio Northampton — The BBC is attempting to reduce costs with the Virtual Local Radio (ViLoR) scheme which will see audio stored and streamed from a centralised location, starting with BBC Radio Northampton. — Editorial teams will still …
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bbc.co.uk, Prolific North, The Next Web, broadcastnow.co.uk, cloudpro.co.uk, Geeky Gadgets and Digital TV Europe
Lawrence J. Aragon / PE Hub Blog:
Investors show little interest in Glenn Beck's The Blaze — Fundraising is going slowly for The Blaze, a news and opinion website founded by conservative TV personality Glenn Beck. — The company said in an SEC filing today that it has raised just $6.4 million of a planned $40 million since …
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