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1:35 PM ET, September 27, 2012

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Press Association:
Julian Assange: Hague says Britain is obliged to extradite WikiLeaks founder  —  The British government stressed to Ecuador today that it was under an obligation to extradite the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden, where he faces questioning over sex crimes allegations.
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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
US investigates possible WikiLeaks leaker for ‘communicating with the enemy’  —  A US air force systems analyst who expressed support for WikiLeaks and accused leaker Bradley Manning triggered a formal military investigation last year to determine whether she herself had leaked any documents to the group.
Telegraph:
Julian Assange appeals to US to stop ‘persecution’ of WikiLeaks  —  During a teleconference with the United Nations in New York, Julian Assange calls on the US government to cease its investigation of WikiLeaks.  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London 100 days ago …
NBC News:
US documents reportedly refer to Assange, WikiLeaks as ‘enemy’
Christine Haughney / Media Decoder:
Times Selects Deborah Needleman to Run Its Style Magazines  —  Deborah Needleman, the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal's style magazine, has been hired to run T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the Times announced Tuesday.  Ms. Needleman is taking over a franchise …
Bloomberg:
Dish Said to Be in Talks With Viacom About Internet TV  —  Dish Network Corp. (DISH) is talking to networks such as Viacom (VIAB) Inc.'s MTV about offering their channels over the Internet, a service that could shift the economics of the pay-TV industry, five people familiar with the plan said.
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
NBC Unpacks Trove of Data From Olympics  —  ONE afternoon in early August, a 41-year-old working mother in Los Angeles didn't get much work done.  —  Instead, she watched the London Olympics on television.  She went to NBC's Web sites to stream the competitions, which that day included badminton …
Jeff Bercovici / Forbes:
NY Times Digital Chief Martin Nisenholtz Resurfaces With Sulia  —  There's retirement and then there's retirement.  When Martin Nisenholtz stepped down from his post as chief of digital operations at The New York Times Co. last year, he clearly wasn't ready for a life of long naps in an easy chair.
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Tipping Point?  We're Watching More Web Video on TVs Than on PCs.  —  Getting Web video off your PC and onto your plasma screen used to be a niche activity.  No more: Consumer-tracking service NPD says TV sets are now the most popular way to watch streaming video.
Discussion: Noted, NYT Bits, The Verge and PC Magazine
Josh Sternberg / Digiday:
The Atlantic Tries Native Ads  —  Jay Lauf, The Atlantic's publisher, swears he doesn't hate banner ads.  The thing is, he thinks most are a waste of space for all involved.  —  “I would love to eliminate banners because I think most of them don't work,” said Lauf, who also has some experience as a journalist.
Discussion: GigaOM and Mashable!
Erin Gloria Ryan / Jezebel:
Drunken Cornell Students Troll the New York Times  —  For a trendpiece on how social media is killing the college bar, the New York Times headed upstate to prep Bacchanalia Cornell University to get some juicy quotes from bros and bro-ettes just trying to enjoy a fishbowl full of vodka …
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Phone-hacking claimants drop demand for exemplary damages  —  Lawyers acting for more than 170 alleged phone-hacking victims, including Cherie Blair and Wayne Rooney, have dropped their claim for exemplary damages, the high court has been told, as News International accused them of seeking “windfall” payouts.
Jim Romenesko:
Bryan College: Ordering student newspaper to kill story about prof's arrest ‘may have been a mistake’  —  Bryan College sent this statement from President Dr. Stephen Livesay about his decision to order the student newspaper to kill its story about a professor arrested for attempted child exploitation.
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Jim Romenesko:
Will Bryan College force student editor to resign?
Adam Martin / The Atlantic Wire:
Margaret Sullivan: What I Read  —  How do people deal with the torrent of information pouring down on us all?  What sources can't they live without?  We regularly reach out to prominent figures in media, entertainment, politics, the arts, and the literary world to hear their answers.
 
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