Mediagazer: Assange to appeal if Britain blocks exit (AAP)

1:55 PM ET, August 16, 2012

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Ecuador Grants Asylum to Assange, Defying Britain — CARACAS, Venezuela — The government of Ecuador is prepared to allow Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, to remain in its embassy in London indefinitely under a type of humanitarian protection, a government official said in the capital, Quito, on Wednesday night.

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Lizzy Davies / Guardian:

Julian Assange Ecuador embassy row - live coverage — 17:53 BST The foreign secretary denied claims by Assange and his supporters that there was a deal to extradite to the United States. We have no arrangement with the United States. This is the United Kingdom fulfilling its obligations under …

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AAP:

Assange to appeal if Britain blocks exit — WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange will appeal to the International Court of Justice if Britain blocks his exit to Ecuador, renowned Spanish rights lawyer Baltasar Garzon says. Garzon, who is helping Assange's defence, told Spanish newspaper El Pais …

@wikileaks:

ANNOUNCEMENT: Julian Assange will give a live statement infront of the Ecuadorian embassy, Sunday 2pm.

Mohammed Abbas / Reuters:

Hague says will not give Assange safe passage — (Reuters) - Britain will not give WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange safe passage out of the country and is determined to extradite him to Sweden, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday. — Ecuador's decision to grant Assange political asylum …

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Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
As Ecuador Grants Assange Asylum, Former UK Ambassador Says Embassy Raid Is Coming

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@skynewsbreak: Foreign Office says will “carry out binding obligation to extradite Julian Assange to Sweden”

Reuters:
Ecuador says Britain threatened to raid embassy over Assange

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The Inky Should Go Online Only and Other Radical Ideas to Save Philly Newspapers — The Inquirer and Daily News have survived ownership changes and staff reductions. Now it's time for them to try something startlingly new. — It's time to do something different—radically different—to save Philadelphia's major daily newspapers.

Josh Lowensohn / CNET:

Apple TV could double as cable box, report says — Apple wants to make its streaming set top box double as a cable box, and is in talks with operators, according to a new report. — Apple's set top box could be destined to stream live TV channels, according to a new report.

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Jim Gallagher / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Warren Buffett increases stake in Lee Enterprises — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has nearly doubled its stake in newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises, the parent company of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Lee's shares jumped nearly 20 percent on the news Wednesday, closing at $1.59, up 26 cents.

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Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab:

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Lewis DVorkin / Forbes:

Inside Forbes: A New Language of Journalism Speaks to the Rebirth of a Profession — As chief product officer, I spend a lot of time talking with people outside FORBES about our unique model for journalism. Here's one question I get asked all the time: “What exactly are you guys up to?”

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Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Students walk out on University of Georgia newspaper — Student journalists at University of Georgia newspaper The Red & Black walked out after the university put its faculty advisor, Ed Morales, in charge of the paper's editorial content. The students have set up a blog and a Twitter account, which has been suspended.

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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:

What to Do with Political Lies — Fact-checkers are no longer enough: If lies are going to be repeated, the truth needs to be, too. — My former Washington Post colleague Alec MacGillis has a thought-provoking piece in The New Republic today about “The Welfare Card and the Post-Truth Campaign …

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Barry Walsh / Realscreen:

Mitt Romney repeats pledge to cut PBS federal funding if elected — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has elaborated on his plans to slash U.S. government spending to Fortune magazine - plans that include cutting federal funding to PBS. In a comprehensive interview …

Simon Rogers / Guardian:

London 2012 and data journalism: what did we learn at the Olympics? — It was two weeks of elite sport, emotion - and data. So how did we deal with it and what did we learn? These are the 12 lessons we learned from London 2012 — • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian