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Views of the News: Assange Denied; Kill List Reac; Times-Picayune Cuts; Kennedy's Conflict

UK Supremes Deny Assange Appeal

Owen Bowcott, The Guardian: "Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition"

Raphael Satter, AP: "Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal, Moves Closer to Prosecution in Sweden"

Mike Giglio, The Daily Beast: "British Supreme Court Orders Extradition of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange"

David Landes, AFP: "Accusers 'relieved' by Assange verdict: lawyer"

"Barack H. Cheney" -- Kill List Reaction

Jo Becker and Scott Shane, The New York Times: "Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will"

Watch ABC's Jake Tapper and White House spokesman Jay Carney debate "kill list" policy beginning at 13:06 in the video linked here.

Glenn Greenwald, Salon: "Obama the Warrior"

Times-Picayune Cuts/Future of Papers

Rem Rieder, American Journalism Review: "An Important City without a Daily Paper"

David Carr, The New York Times: "A Doomed Romance With a New Orleans Newspaper

John Pope, New Orleans Times-Picayune: "Times-Picayune changes bring strong reactions among subscribers and those farther away"

Kevin Allman, Gambit: "Times-Picayune employees to learn their fates news week"

Winston-Salem Journal: "Warren Buffett's letter to editors, publishers"

Clay Shirky: "Warren Buffett's Newspaper Purchase"

Matthew Ingram, GigaOm: "Why Clay Shirky is right and Warren Buffett is wrong"

Dan Kennedy, Nieman Journalism Lab: "How news executives can fend off the Wolff at their door"

Henry Blodget, Business Insider: "And Now's the Perfect Time for a Megalomaniac to Make a Big Offer for The New York Times"

Peter Osnos, The Atlantic: "Is Philanthropy Print Journalism's Last Hope?"

Kennedy's Conflict of Interest

George Kennedy, Columbia Missourian: "What if the two sides worked together on EEZ?"

George Kennedy, Columbia Missourian: "Council, mayor are listening to EEZ concerns" (see comments and Kennedy apology at bottom of article)

Mike Martin, Columbia Heart Beat: "OH NO -- NOT HIM! Missourian's Kennedy commits serious journalism infraction"

Mike Martin, Columbia Heart Beat: "Columbia's Top Ten: Most influential public opinion leaders"

MIKE MCKEAN directs the Futures Lab, the experimental newsroom and technology testing center of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. He founded the School's Convergence Journalism program and serves on the MU Information Technology Committee. McKean is a leader in the School's partnerships with Apple, Inc., and Adobe Systems to transform journalism education through pervasive computing. He is a frequent trainer and guest lecturer at top media companies and universities in China, has helped establish convergence journalism programs at Shantou University and Moscow State University, and has conducted Internet workshops in the United States, the Russian Federation and Albania. McKean has been honored with the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and the MU Faculty-Alumni Award. He earned a bachelor's degree at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1979 and a master of arts in political science from Rice University in 1985. McKean has served on the J-School faculty since 1986.