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Wikileaker Julian Assange Claims Memoirs Deal Worth $1.5 Million

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday December 28, 2010 @ 4:56am PSTTags: Book Publishing, Book Publishing Deals, Julian Assange, Wikileaks
Mike Fleming

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, out on bail after an arrest for an alleged sex crime, has made a deal to write his memoirs for Random House’s Alfred A. Knopf label, and UK’s Canongate Books. More territorial sales will bring in additional revenue for a guy who has become a world famous figure reviled on Capitol Hill. Assange told Britain’s Sunday Times he’ll get $800,000 from Knopf, and slightly more than $500,000 from Canongate. He’ll use the money to pay legal bills and keep afloat his WikiLeaks website which this fall leaked 250,000 State Department documents that bared frank opinions on world leaders and foreign policy that were considered highly sensitive and embarrassing to the White House. Assange has denied the sex crime allegation and has implied he’s the victim of a smear campaign because of his truth-telling campaign. Most authors don’t disclose their advances, but Assange has made full disclosure of his, even though his publishers would not confirm the amount, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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Zodiak To Distribute Wikileaks Documentary

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 17, 2010 @ 7:10am PSTTags: Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, Wikileaks Documentary
Nellie Andreeva

We’re still waiting for Wikileaks: the movie but in the meanwhile, here is Wikileaks: the documentary. Zodiak Rights, the international rights division of Zodiak  Media Group, has  signed a deal with  news agency Premières Lignes to distribute their documentary Wikileaks: … Read More »

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