Julian Assange has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden, where he faces allegations of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. Read the full story

Is the end nigh for News Corporation’s dominant position in the UK newspaper market? The company’s third-biggest shareholder, Kevin Holt, is urging chairman Rupert Murdoch to sell off its newspaper portfolio. Holt told the Sunday Telegraph that it’s a “digital world” now, and any competitive advantage newspapers might have had in the past has been “competed away”. (Source: Press Gazette)

WikiLeaks is to halt any new publications as it focuses its efforts on fighting financial blockades and dwindling revenues. Co-founder Julian Assange claims that 95 per cent of the website’s revenues have been “destroyed” by banks blocking funds, and warned that if the bans are not lifted by the new year then WikiLeaks could be no more. Batman never had these problems, eh? (Source: MediaGuardian)

As if followers of English football needed any more bad news, ITV is close to securing the rights of both the FA Cup and England international games until 2014. Fortunately for ITV’s accountants, the broadcaster is set to get a cut-price deal after splashing £245m on the current four-year deal. (Source: MediaGuardian)

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WikiLeaks is accusing the Guardian of “recklessness”, after a security breach at the whistleblowing website led to the publication of thousands of uncensored US diplomatic cables. Read the full story

A number of Guardian journalists have sold their “life rights” to a Hollywood studio that is planning a film about WikiLeaks, according to the Financial Times. Read the full story

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger says his newspaper only resisted “bloodcurdling” threats over its WikiLeaks coverage because of its partnership with the New York Times. Read the full story

The Sydney Peace Foundation has awarded WikiLeaks figurehead Julian Assange a peace award for “exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights”. Read the full story

Julian Assange, the frontman of WikiLeaks, has claimed that the internet is “the greatest spying machine the world has ever seen”, and that it is “not a technology that favours freedom of speech”. Read the full story

Julian Assange has applied to trademark his name, according to MediaGuardian, to protect it for use in “public speaking” and “entertainment” services. Read the full story