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More questions raised about Fareed Zakaria's work — Columnist and TV host Fareed Zakaria, who acknowledged plagiarizing parts of a magazine article last week, appears to have also published without attribution a passage from a 2005 book. — Zakaria's 2008 book, “The Post-American World …

Discussion: American Journalism Review, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic Online, Poynter, Plagiarism Today and The Huffington Post

Michael Barthel / Salon:

Cut, paste, plagiarize — Major media organizations had faith in Fareed Zakaria. CNN gave him 60 minutes each week — several million dollars' worth of time — to say whatever the hell he wanted, more or less. Time gave him a column, too, the one in which (as reported …

Discussion: @penenberg, @penenberg, @penenberg, @penenberg, @penenberg and @penenberg

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:

Fareed Zakaria Responds to the Charge of Quote-Stealing — In my previous post, I discussed an incident from 2009 (an incident I had completely forgotten about until it was resurrected by The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times, among others) in which Fareed Zakaria …

Discussion: Poynter

Craig Silverman / Poynter:
Newsroom responses to Zakaria plagiarism reveal lack of consistency, transparency

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Erik Wemple, Politico, artsblog.dallasnews.com and Poynter

Irene Caselli / Guardian:

Julian Assange will be granted asylum, says official — Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has agreed to give the WikiLeaks founder asylum, according to an official in Quito — Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has agreed to give Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said.

Discussion: Gawker, Wired, The Atlantic Wire, WebProNews, CNET, Foreign Policy and Mashable!

Estelle Shirbon / Reuters: Assange seeks London-Quito ticket but Sweden looms

RT:
Ecuador President denies rumours Julian Assange has been granted asylum

Discussion: @mashirafael, Reuters and @wikileaks

Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:

Is Paul Ryan a Ticking Time Bomb as Mitt Romney's Running Mate? — The congressman is getting glowing press, but journalists are just starting to examine his record. Howard Kurtz on the long paper trail that could alienate moderate swing-state voters just getting to know Paul Ryan.

Discussion: Forbes, Erik Wemple, New York Times, The Daily Beast, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, The Caucus and Paul Krugman

Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Bars Press From Ryan, Adelson Event

Discussion: Daily Kos, Yahoo! News and The Huffington Post

Erik Wemple:
Paul Ryan bio: New Yorker piece underscores pol's openness

Discussion: Forbes, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, TVNewser, CJR, www.wnyc.org and Mother Jones

Matt Viser / Boston Globe: Fox News gets first solo interview with Paul Ryan

Steve Myers / Poynter:

NY photojournalist gets cameras back after arrest, but not press credentials — Robert Stolarik's cameras were confiscated when he was arrested on Aug. 4 while photographing police on a public street. He has them back now, but he still hasn't received his press credentials.

Discussion: Hit & Run, NPPA Advocacy Committee and The Huffington Post

James Estrin / Lens:
Criminalizing Photography — Mickey H. Osterreicher …

Discussion: Hit & Run, Media Decoder and The FJP

Ben Fritz / Los Angeles Times:

Leading Variety bidder is owner of National Enquirer — An owner of the National Enquirer's parent company is now the leading bidder for Hollywood trade paper Variety. (Variety website / August 13, 2012) — Avenue Capital, a New York hedge fund whose holdings include the parent company …

New York Post:
Life on variety avenue

Discussion: FishbowlNY and The Wrap

Media Decoder:

Times Co. Names Mark Thompson Chief Executive — The New York Times Company has named Mark Thompson, the outgoing director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation, as its new president and chief executive. — Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the chairman of the Times Company and the newspaper's publisher …

Discussion: @harrisj

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

After a deal falls apart, Homicide Watch D.C. is going on hiatus — The Internet famously enabled anyone to become a publisher. A tiny outfit of one or two people can, when the stars align, have the same claim on your attention as a major media company with thousands of employees.

Discussion: DCist and NetNewsCheck Latest

Eric Goldman / Ars Technica:

Heavy dose of hyperlinks gets defamation lawsuit against Gizmodo tossed — Judge: links allow readers to decide ultimate truth for themselves. — Eric Goldman is an associate professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law and directs that school's High Tech Law Institute.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Techdirt

Bloomberg:

NBC Wonders if It Should Have Actually Tape-Delayed the Olympics More — Games Drew 219.4 Million Viewers, Becoming Most-Watched TV Event — The London Olympics drew 219.4 million U.S. viewers as gold-medal performances by Americans bolstered ratings, according to NBC …

Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
NBC Says Nearly 220 Million Watched the Olympics

Discussion: Poynter, ReadWriteWeb, Media News, Multichannel, Broadcasting & Cable, Forbes, AllThingsD, MediaFile and Speakeasy

Alexander Abad-Santos / The Atlantic Wire:

Actually, Bloomberg Businessweek Won't Scold You for Spritzers — It's okay to mix a little pleasure with business at Bloomberg Businessweek. After The Economist ran a short piece about “The boredom of boozeless business,” (a paean to drinking at work) the magazine was prompted to post …

Discussion: Poynter

Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Live broadcast: Why The Huffington Post and Boston.com are getting into streaming media — Can a news site become a TV network? Or a radio station? Or if it can't become one, can it at least grow to include one? — These aren't theoretical questions, as Monday saw the launch of HuffPost Live …