Mediagazer: Blaming Amy — Two weeks ago today, a college friend communicated … (Amy Siskind/The Huffington Post)

Robert Booth / Guardian:

Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition — High court judges rule the WikiLeaks founder should face accusations of rape in Sweden — The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has lost his high court appeal against extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations.

Discussion: Gawker, World Now, Forbes, PC Magazine, Future of Journalism and Journalism.co.uk, more at Techmeme »

Julian Assange loses extradition appeal - full judgment

Discussion: VentureBeat and Guardian

Raphael G. Sattter / Associated Press:

As Assange awaits ruling, WikiLeaks faces its fate — LONDON (AP) — As Julian Assange awaits a judge's extradition verdict, it could be WikiLeaks' very future that's at stake. — Its finances under pressure and some of its biggest revelations already public, WikiLeaks may not have the strength …

Discussion: Gawker

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

AOL Beats Estimates, Posts Another Ad Sales Increase. But About Those Domestic Numbers ... Here's a first look at AOL Q3 earnings: Revenue of $532 million and an earnings loss of $0.02 per share. Wall Street estimates for the company tend to be all over the map, but Yahoo Finance thinks …

Discussion: AdAge, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Forbes, The Wrap, Reuters, Digits and Wall Street Journal, more at Techmeme »

David Kaplan / paidContent:

AOL's Armstrong: ‘Benefits Are Coming Into View’ — AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong offered a much more triumphant sounding note when he began the Q3 earnings call, seeking to convince long-suffering investors that his plan at turning around the company were finally “coming into view.”

Discussion: AllThingsD

Nancy Messieh / The Next Web:

Yahoo and BBC team up to bring more Arabic content to the web — Yahoo Maktoob has just signed a deal with BBC Arabic which will see the BBC's content shared on Yahoo's Arabic site. — According to Yahoo Middle East's Head of Audience, Hosam El Sokkari, all the content …

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Eric Jackson / TheStreet.com:
Yahoo!: Digging Into So-Called Scoops

Discussion: Poynter and Business Insider

Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News: Yahoo News hires David Chalian as Washington bureau chief

Sarah Ellison / Vanity Fair:

Murdoch Clan Met with Family Therapist to Discuss News Corp.'s Future — New York, N.Y.— Vanity Fair contributing editor Sarah Ellison reports that “The [Murdoch] siblings had been in family counseling with a psychologist over the issue of succession” since before last February.

David Jolly / New York Times:

Charlie Hebdo, French Magazine, Firebombed — PARIS — The office of a French satirical magazine here was badly damaged by a firebomb early on Wednesday, the publisher said, after it published a spoof issue “guest edited” by the Prophet Muhammad to salute the victory of an Islamist party in Tunisian elections.

Discussion: Poynter, Gawker, www.thetakeaway.org and The Daily Caller

Lucia Moses / Adweek:

Wired' Bringing Advertisers and Its Blogs Closer Together — It may have taken nontraditional publishers like Federated Media to pave the way for “conversational media,” in which advertisers mix more directly with the blogging community. But now premium content brands want to get in on the act.

Discussion: Future of Journalism

Ryan Lawler / GigaOM:

Time Warner's Bewkes: Netflix actually helps us — In the past, Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes might have been critical of Netflix's ability to compete with traditional TV networks. But he's softened his tone lately, talking up the additional value that subscription video-on-demand services …

Discussion: TVNewser, Company Town, On Media's Blog and Guardian

Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:

NYT Nixes Credit for Politico on Cain Story — The waters are getting muddied with the alleged sexual harassment story on Herman Cain. Since Monday, Politico has been getting loads of credit for breaking the news — on TV, online, and in print. The publication's Jonathan Martin …

Tim Molloy / The Wrap:

Comcast Earnings Up 5% as Fewer Cancel Cable; NBCU Results Mixed — Comcast Corp. reported a 51 percent increase in revenue and 5 percent increase in profits in its third quarter earnings Wednesday. — The nation's biggest cable company lost 165,000 cable subscribers, down from 275,000 in the same quarter in 2010.

Discussion: GigaOM and Company Town, more at Techmeme »

Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:

Audie Cornish to Fill In on NPR's ‘All Things Considered’ — Audie Cornish will fill in for Michele Norris on the NPR program “All Things Considered” next year, the public radio organization said Wednesday. — The announcement came one week after Ms. Norris, a co-host of “All Things Considered” …

Discussion: Poynter

Amy Siskind / The Huffington Post:

Blaming Amy — Two weeks ago today, a college friend communicated some shocking news: our sorority sister and dear friend, Amy Friedlander, was dead. Amy was part of a murder-suicide in which her two young children, and husband, with whom she was days away from finalizing a divorce, were also found dead.

Lance Howland / Walnut Creek Patch:

Bay Area News Group Cuts 34 Editorial Jobs — From Staff Reports — The Bay Area News Group, which publishes the Walnut Creek-based Contra Costa Times, the Oakland Tribune and daily newspapers serving cities throughout the East Bay, cut 34 newsroom positions Tuesday to reduce costs as it attempts to shore up its online presence.

Discussion: LA Observed and Poynter

Veena Bissram / Mashable:

Contently Provides An Open Marketplace for Writers and Publishers To Connect — The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. — Name: Contently

Discussion: The Huffington Post and Mashable!

Ana Radelat / AdAge:

FCC's New Political Ad Disclosure Plan Has Broadcasters Concerned — Planned Website would List Who's Behind an Ad, How Much They Paid for It — Just as a banner season for political advertising is starting, the Obama administration has thrown broadcasters a curveball …

Andrea Morabito / Broadcasting & Cable:

NBC Gives Doug Vaughn Oversight of Most Late-Night Programming — Exec expands role to ‘SNL,’ ‘Late Night,’ ‘Last Call;’ Telegdy to keep ‘Tonight Show’ duties — NBC has re-upped Doug Vaughn's contract, expanding the program executive's role to add responsibility for most of the network's late-night programs.

Jon Lafayette / Broadcasting & Cable:

Discovery's Earnings Up in Third Quarter — UPDATED: Advertising, distribution revenues gain — Discovery Communications reported higher profits in the third quarter thanks to higher advertising revenue and $77 million from its recent deal with Netflix. — The results were better than expected …

Discussion: Multichannel

Andrew Gauthier / TVSpy:

Belo Strikes Long-Term Retrans Deal with DirecTV — Belo stations will remain on DirecTV. — In an 11th hour announcement-similar to the one DirecTV and Fox made a day earlier-the satellite provider reported late Tuesday that it had reached a new retrans agreement with Belo, ending talk of a possible blackout.

Discussion: FishbowlNY and SocialTimes.com