Media
UK won’t let Assange go, will contest UN finding
06 Feb 2016
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has infuriated several governments, including the US, by disclosing hundreds of thousands of secret files concerning Iraq, Afghanistan and diplomatic cables from US embassies around the world
UN panel exonerates Assange, but cops waiting to pounce
04 Feb 2016
A UN panel has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s stay in the Ecuadorean embassy in London amounts to ‘illegal detention’ – but British authorities said he will be arrested if he steps out of the embassy premises, as he has promised to do on Friday
BBC dumps Vodafone, embraces BT to cut costs
30 Jan 2016
Al Jazeera fails to make a go of US operations
15 Jan 2016
Despite producing content of acknowledged quality, including an award-winning documentary on the lives of ordinary US workers and another on sports doping, the Qatar-based network could not make a dent in the crowded US media market
Philadelphia paper, website given to non-profit
14 Jan 2016
Owner H F “Gerry’ Lenfest has handed off struggling papers the Inquirer and the Daily News, along with the associated website, to a newly created non-profit to which he has donated $20 million, in an attempt to create a new and viable business model
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