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<title><![CDATA[Witness: Assange's version of events needed to be heard]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Julian Assange(Credit:Screenshot from &amp;34'60 Minutes&amp;34' interview)Julian Assange should have been arrested in Sweden as soon as a prosecutor there decided he should be questioned on rape allegations, according to a defense witness in the Wikileaks editor's ongoing extradition hearing.Sven-Erik Alhem, a former Swedish prosecutor, told the second day of the hearing at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court that Assange should have been allowed to give his version of events once it was alleged that he had had coercive sex with two women. &quot;When [prosecutor] Marianne Ny decided to change the original decision not to prosecute [for rape]... in my opinion she should have made sure Assange should have been able to give his version of events in detail,&quot; Alhem told defense lawyer John Jones. &quot;It's quite peculiar not to have both parties' versions of events as a basis for the prosecution and the courts involved.&quot;Two women accused Assange of sexual coercion in August 2010, but Assange was neither arrested nor charged, and left the country on September 27.Read more of &quot;Assange should have been allowed to 'give his version'&quot; at ZDNet UK.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Seeking Alpha unveils a new business model for financial news]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Popular financial news and commentary website Seeking Alpha seems to have a pretty sweet setup &amp;8212' the site has built up a large readership (40 to 45 million pageviews per month) with articles that are written for free. So the announcement that the site will start paying its contributors looks a bit odd &amp;8212' why start paying for something you were already getting for freeThe move seems especially risky since Seeking Alpha&amp;'s Premium Partnership Program will pay a rate of $10 per thousand pageviews. That means a big chunk of the money the site makes from each article will go to the writer. (On the other hand, Seeking Alpha founder and CEO David Jackson told me last week that the site charges its advertisers premium rates thanks to its high-quality audience.)So why change things Jackson said ita4a4s because the pay model allows Seeking Alpha to reach a new set of writers. Until now, most contributors were financial advisors or other professionals who saw their articles as a way to build their reputation and attract new customers. But there&amp;'s a big pool of writers who have expertise in a specific financial subject but arena4a4t looking for customer leads (for example if theya4a4re retired, or if theya4a4ve built up knowledge as an individual investor). Those writers need a different incentive to contribute &amp;8212' namely, money.The ultimate goal, Jackson said, is to become a4Athe eBay of financial content, to put people in business who otherwise wouldna4a4t be in business.a4 Your average Seeking Alpha article receives between 2,500 and and 20,000 pageviews, he added &amp;8212' which means a payment of between $20 and $200. (The payments will be made quarterly, and to reduce the companya4a4s overhead, you wona4a4t get paid until youa4a4re owed at least $100.)  For some contributors, the payments will just represent an extra bit of spending money, but for others it could be a nice income.Some of Seeking Alphaa4a4s existing writers will switch to the new model, while others will not, Jackson said, because if you want to get paid, the site will require exclusive rights to the article.One of the risks of the pay-per-pageview model is that it might encourage sensationalism for the sake of chasing traffic (and making more money). Obviously, the site wants to grow pageviews, but Jackson said hea4a4ll be relying on its editorial team to act as a quality filter as the amount of submissions grows.Seeking Alpha already has 4,000 registered contributors, Jackson said. The sitea4a4s investors include Benchmark Capital, Accel Partners, and DAG Ventures.Previous Story: Evidence suggests Stuxnet worm set Iran&amp;'s nuclear program backPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: financial newsCompanies: Seeking AlphaPeople: David Jackson          Tags: financial newsCompanies: Seeking AlphaPeople: David JacksonAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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