Mediagazer: Microsoft's live-action press release (Ryan Chittum/CJR)

10:25 AM ET, June 20, 2012

Top News:

Jonah Lehrer ‘understands he made a serious mistake’ — Will Jonah Lehrer remain at The New Yorker? NewYorker.com editor Nicholas Thompson “couldn't comment on Lehrer's future at the magazine,” writes Jacob Silverman, but Thompson made it clear that the recycling issue first disclosed on JimRomenesko.com …

Jacob Silverman / The Daily Beast:

Jonah Lehrer's ‘Self-Plagiarism’ Scandal Rocks The New Yorker — On June 5, bestselling pop-neuroscience writer Jonah Lehrer announced that he was leaving Wired, where he was a contributing editor, and moving his Frontal Cortex blog to The New Yorker, where he would be a staff writer.

Laura Hazard Owen / paidContent:
Jonah Lehrer, self-borrowing and the problem with “big ideas”

Discussion: Poynter, Erik Wemple, Slate and Jacob Silverman

Joe Coscarelli / New York Magazine:
New Yorker Writer Jonah Lehrer Plagiarizes Himself Repeatedly [Update]

Discussion: FishbowlNY, Reluctant Habits, The Awl, Poynter and bookforum.com

Guardian:

Julian Assange requests asylum at Ecuador embassy - live coverage — 2.30pm: Rob Booth reports: Julian Assange's decision to seek asylum in Ecuador is “a tragedy” for the two women who have accused him of sexual assault in Sweden, their lawyer has said. A link to the full story is here.

Discussion: www.wnyc.org

Press Association:

Julian Assange faces bail breach arrest — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces arrest after breaching his bail conditions when he applied for political asylum at Ecuadorian Embassy last night. The 40-year-old Australian is inside the building in Knightsbridge, London …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Reuters:
Ecuador says WikiLeaks' Assange seeks asylum

Discussion: ReadWriteWeb, Salon, Bloomberg, The Firewall, The Atlantic Online, Betabeat, AJE, Yahoo! News, New York Magazine, @ggreenwald, Telegraph, This Just In, @davidclinchnews, @producermatthew, Guardian, @noelapdc, Guardian, Mediaite and Gawker

Embassy of Ecuador in London:
Statement on Julian Assange

Discussion: Daily Dot

Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:

New York Post Pivots On iPad Strategy, Dropping Paywall — This person might have chosen to read the New York Post with his coffee, if it were free on the iPad, and in Swedish. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) — The “most egregious paywall yet” is how one tech writer described the system introduced …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

NY Convergence:
NY Post Quietly Removes Safari Block on Paid iPad App

Discussion: NetNewsCheck Latest and The Verge

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

The Tor Project helps journalists and whistleblowers go online without leaving a trace — Originally built in a U.S. Naval laboratory as a way to protect government communications, Tor has grown into a wide-reaching project that helps individuals stay anonymous online.

Discussion: Media News

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Knight Foundation diversifies its journalism investments again with its new Prototype Fund

Discussion: Knight Foundation, Ryan Sholin, MediaShift Idea Lab and Drone Journalism Lab

Ryan Chittum / CJR:

Microsoft's live-action press release — Yesterday, Microsoft got a bunch of tech journalists to go to Hollywood for what it promised would be a major announcement: The company was launching its own tablet PC. And what a launch it was—at least for the flacks and marketers at Microsoft …

Discussion: eMedia Vitals and Forbes

Josh Sternberg / Digiday:

How The Telegraph Monetized its iPad App — With a fractured landscape, from both a content and device perspective, publishers grapple daily with finding the best ways to reach and maintain their readers. In the mobile world, the introduction of lean-back (tablet) devices has slightly changed the game.

Discussion: eMedia Vitals

Glenn Peoples / Billboard.Biz:

What's Going on With Vevo's Numbers? — Music video network Vevo has helped revolutionize online video, has been the subject of IPO rumors and is reported to be wooing investments from Google and Facebook. — But exactly what investors would get is a bit fuzzy to outsiders.

Discussion: Digital Music News, fierceonlinevideo.com and SocialTimes

Greg Sandoval / CNET:
Publishers gain ground on music-video payday

Discussion: paidContent and MediaPost

Brett D. Schaefer / National Review:

Good Journalism at the U.N.? — With all the corruption at the United Nations, you might think that the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) would have better things to do than pick a fight with a single reporter. But you would be wrong. Matthew Lee is the only reporter …

Wall Street Journal:

Worldreader: An E-Book Revolution for Africa? — Schools in developing countries are experimenting with digital books; endless titles, spotty electricity — Humble school students learning how to use Kindles in February. ‘It took the kids just a few days,’ says a teacher.

Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:

NPR Intern Gets an Earful After Blogging About 11,000 Songs, Almost None Paid For — When it comes to digital music, can the audience be shamed into doing the right thing? That is, even if we all agreed that it was the “right thing” for musicians to be paid each time someone listened to their music, would it make any difference?

Discussion: Tampa Bay Times, Salon, www.wnyc.org and TeleRead

Charlie Warzel / Adweek:

Everything in Moderation — As online publishing grows increasingly social, publishers are eagerly trying to foster community on their sites. But when everyone gets a voice, things can easily go too far. Thus, among several top Web publishers, the role of comment moderator is becoming that much more demanding.

Discussion: The Corsair and The New York Observer

Gavin Lower / Wall Street Journal:

News Corp. Offers Bid for Consolidated Media — MELBOURNE—News Corp. has offered 1.97 billion Australian dollars (US$2 billion) to buy Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd. in a move that, if successful, would strengthen the company's interest in Australia's largest pay TV service.

Discussion: Bloomberg, BBC, afr.com, @rafat, Deal Journal and AllThingsD