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DIGITAL SPY BBC News app tops 560,000 downloads Radio 1 to mark Nightingale's 40 years Richard Desmond 'mulls Five relocation' 'MOTD2' coming to BBC iPlayer TalkTalk to launch mobile phone service source: Digital Spy	INDEPENDENT Murdoch under pressure to pay more for Sky Obama shares sofa with TV's daytime divas The press baron who's making news in Israel Huge Churchill archive to go online Jack Riley: Top of the posts: America week source: Independent	PRESS GAZETTE Error: MagpieRSS: Failed to parse RSS file. (Invalid character at line 9, column 23) source: Press Gazette	MEDIA MONKEY Richard Desmond's Daily Star puts the boot into ITV again \| Media Monkey Daily Star TV critic offers high Five to 'hot' television shows \| Media Monkey iPad or 'me me me' Pad? \| Media Monkey Tom Cruise trips up Sun Sport \| Media Monkey Five reasons for Daily Star and Daily Express to put the boot into ITV \| Media Monkey Every picture caption tells a story \| Media Monkey source: Media Monkey
OUT-LAW Virgin's email to opted-out customer broke rules, says ASA Nintendo mod chip seller infringed copyright, rules High Court US law to protect writers against libel tourism Information Commissioner gives Google all-clear on accidental Wi-Fi data collection Scrapped retirement age will live on in private sector, says expert Scottish Government outlines proposed extension to FOI laws source: Outlaw	BRAND REPUBLIC Google China 'blockage' played down Waitrose invests in mobile presence Rachel's food company sold to French firm Out and About 30 July Behind the Rebrand: Virgin Atlantic source: Brand Republic	MEDIA GUARDIAN ITV prepares pay-TV strategy Desmond weighs up Five office move S4C 'not designed for a downturn', says ousted chief Daily Mail & General Trust: we were too bullish about our regional papers Media Talk Dacre lashes out at 'ignorant' PCC critics source: Media Guardian	WSJ MEDIA Reliance, Universal Studios in Talks DeGeneres to Leave 'Idol' Role Unease With Newsweek Bidder Can Free Games Make More Money? Toothpaste Makers Square Off source: Wall St Journal
FT MEDIA Disney sells Miramax films for $660m Exhibition revival helps Reed Elsevier exceed forecasts Sky's HBO deal is sign of a new direction Wylie threatens broad digital expansion Trinity Mirror shares soar source: FT Media	MARKETING WEEK RSA recruits Lloyd East from AA Riley beats Bauer to Midlands stations Daily Mail & General Trust investigates online payment model Walkers offers chance to train with Monty Panesar TV sales houses in team-up talks source: Marketing Week	NEW MEDIA AGE Lord Stephen Carter admits Digital Britain report overlooked consumer issues BBC appoints first online access champion Pirate Bay founders receive jail sentence Simple skincare launches campaign across Stardoll Facebook founder asks users to vote on future of site Gordon Brown urges Britain to embrace digital revolution source: New Media Age	JOURNALISM.CO.UK Wikileaks: The media industry?s response Podcast: The week?s biggest media stories on Journalism.co.uk Excellence in New Communications Awards open for entries New legislation threatens to restrict press freedom in South Africa source: Journalism.co.uk
ROMENESKO Proposed: A site that only does follow-up journalism ProPublica launches 'Officials Say the Darndest Things' Tumblr RollingStone.com to be snark-free under new editor 'We're not wiping the slate clean' at 'This Week,' says producer NPR says it's not behind petitions urging it get lead WH correspondent seat source: Romenesko	DIGITAL MEDIA EU Qualcomm secures local investors for India LTE project Alcatel-Lucent on rising trend in Q2, maintains outlook Samsung mobile phone shipments up 22%, prices under pressure Softbank's Q1 sales boosted by mobile unit Docomo unveils LTE brand, corporate vision Telecom NZ sells part of AAPT, stake in Macquarie Telecom source: Digital Media EU	PR WEEK Survey of journalists across EMEA reveals depth of crisis in media sector Private equity firm Exponent swoops for Gorkana to enable Durrants tie-up Friday Drop: Good week for BA CEO Willie Walsh Media: Cut the fluff to sway Psychologies Friday Drop: Good week for Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho Newspaper Licensing Agency launches specialist licence for small PR agencies source: PR Week	THE REGISTER MEDIA Microsoft cries foul on Yahoo!-Google Japan deal Microsoft Street Slide: Street View done properly YouTube ups video time limit Google site fools interwebs into China blockage scare Lovefilm calls in the DRM brigade for media player push Sky clocks up £1bn profit source: The Register