Mediagazer: Virtual Local Radio scheme launches with BBC Radio Northampton (John McCarthy/The Drum)

9:35 AM ET, July 4, 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 …

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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 …

Discussion: BBC News, Guardian, The Next Web and Wired

Mathew Ingram / Gigaom:

The EU's “right to be forgotten” is a bad idea, and Google is handling it exactly the right way — This week, Google has begun notifying British media outlets that some of their news articles may not be available to UK audiences as a result of a European Union court decision enshrining the …

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

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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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Press Gazette:

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 …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, International Business Times, Agence France-Presse, London Evening Standard, MarketWatch, @pressgazette, Global News, expressandstar.com, NDTV News, The Drum and ABC

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 …

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 …

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 …

Discussion: bbc.co.uk, cloudpro.co.uk, broadcastnow.co.uk, Prolific North, Digital TV Europe, Geeky Gadgets and The Next Web

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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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

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