Mediagazer: Everything in Moderation — As online publishing grows … (Charlie Warzel/Adweek)

2:30 PM ET, June 20, 2012

Top News:

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: Reluctant Habits and Erik Wemple

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, CJR and JIMROMENESKO.COM

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 …

Jim Romenesko:
Questions about Jonah Lehrer's reporting were raised in 2009

Discussion: Gawker

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

Discussion: New York Magazine, CJR, FishbowlNY, Erik Wemple, The Awl, Jacob Silverman, Poynter, New York Magazine, Slate, Gawker and Politico

Guardian:

Julian Assange requests asylum at Ecuador embassy - live coverage — 4.53pm: Glenn Greenwald, a former constitutional lawyer and a contributing writer at Salon has written this comment piece on Comment is Free, which argues that “the evidence that the US seeks to prosecute and extradite Assange is substantial”.

Discussion: www.wnyc.org

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.

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

Martin Hickman / The Independent:
Boris Johnson under fresh pressure over Murdoch meeting

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

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, Reuters, Salon, Bloomberg, The Firewall, The Atlantic Online, Betabeat, AJE, New York Magazine, @ggreenwald, Telegraph, This Just In, @davidclinchnews, @producermatthew, Guardian, Guardian, Mediaite, Gawker and @noelapdc

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: Capital New York, PC Magazine, The Verge, eMedia Vitals and NY Convergence

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

MSNBC:

Acclaimed reporter admits helping family of alleged Sandusky victim investigate case — The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who broke the Jerry Sandusky story admitted Wednesday that she helped the mother of one of Sandusky's alleged victims find an investigator before he was charged with multiple counts of child sexual abuse.

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, Drone Journalism Lab and MediaShift Idea Lab

Greg Sandoval / CNET:

Publishers gain ground on music-video payday — Music videos are making a comeback with help from Vevo and YouTube. Indie music publishers want their fair share. — Follow @sandoCNET — Songwriters and music publishers don't want to get left out of the online music-video boom.