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3:01 PM ET, June 20, 2012

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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.
Discussion: Erik Wemple, Reluctant Habits and CJR
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Jim Romenesko:
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 …
Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Jonah Lehrer is the latest target of Google Game, crowdsourced investigation  —  Timothy Goeglein.  —  Does that name ring a bell?  I imagine most folks have forgotten about him, but at one time he worked in the White House for President George W. Bush as a special assistant and public liaison deputy director.
Discussion: GalleyCat and JIMROMENESKO.COM
Jim Romenesko:
Questions about Jonah Lehrer's reporting were raised in 2009
Discussion: Gawker
James Ball / Guardian:
Julian Assange's drama: in the third act, we still don't know what the story is  —  With its stand-off at the tiny Ecuadorian embassy in London, the Assange melodrama has entered its third act.  But despite the drama, we don't yet know for sure what kind of story it is.
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Press Association:
Julian Assange faces bail breach arrest
Discussion: Daily Kos
Embassy of Ecuador in London:
Statement on Julian Assange
Discussion: Guardian, Daily Dot and Reuters
Guardian:
Mail on Sunday journalist who claimed Leveson threatened to quit to appear at inquiry  —  The journalist responsible for a Mail on Sunday story which claimed Lord Justice Leveson had threatened to quit over comments made by a government minister is expected to appear before the inquiry next week.
Discussion: Big News Network.com
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Martin Hickman / The Independent:
Boris Johnson under fresh pressure over Murdoch meeting  —  Boris Johnson's links to News International came under fresh scrutiny today after it emerged he had a dinner with Rupert Murdoch days before the Metropolitan Police launched a new inquiry into phone hacking.
Discussion: BBC
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
American Prospect Exceeds Fundraising Goal, Raises Enough To Stay Alive  —  The American Prospect, the liberal politics and policy magazine that was on the verge of shutting down last month, has exceeded its fundraising goal and will remain alive.  Editor Kit Rachlis told The Huffington Post …
Gail Shister / TVNewser:
Will a TV Show About the News be More Compelling Than the Real Thing?  —  I admire Aaron Sorkin, but he gives me a headache.  By the time his characters finish a monologue, I'm ready for a nap.  Sorkin's latest work, “The Newsroom,” which debuts Sunday on HBO, is no exception.
Discussion: mediabistro.com
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 …
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
Alec Baldwin To Charlie Rose: ‘Political Opposition’ Misrepresenting Paparazzi Scuffle  —  On Tuesday night, Alec Baldwin paid a visit to Charlie Rose — namely to chat to about his new movie, To Rome with Love.  But given the day's events, the conversation unsurprisingly veered elsewhere …
Discussion: Gawker
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
YouTube founders to launch mysterious publishing service Zeen next week  —  Speaking at Le Web 2012 London, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley has revealed that the mystery around Zeen, a site that helps create online magazines and publications, will soon be lifted as the service will launch next week.
Discussion: PC Magazine and mediabistro.com
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
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
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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.
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Greg Sandoval / CNET:
Publishers gain ground on music-video payday
Discussion: MediaFile, paidContent and MediaPost
 
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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:
Rollingstone.com lays off staffers
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MSNBC:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Charlie Warzel / Adweek:
Everything in Moderation  —  As online publishing grows …
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
How The Telegraph Monetized its iPad App
Discussion: eMedia Vitals
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
MPAA / RIAA Ponder Suing Persistent BitTorrent Pirates
Discussion: Plagiarism Today
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Spotify Finally Launches Web Radio, for Real. And That's a Problem for Pandora.
Shane Harris / Washingtonian:
A new paper delves into the conflict surrounding the publication of a 2005 Pulitzer-winning article …
Scott Roxborough / Hollywood Reporter:
Euro Copyright Legislation Dead, Says Politician
Discussion: Plagiarism Today
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Nvidia announces Blackwell, a new generation of AI chips available later in 2024, starting with the GB200 superchip, which pairs two B200 GPUs with a Grace CPU

Samuel Tolbert / Windows Central:
Valve debuts Steam Families in beta, allowing a group of up to six Steam users to share their games, manage parental controls, and more

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