Mediagazer: The storm after the storm: Returning to the office, champagne in hand, ‘Newsweek’ staff awaits the ax (Joe Pompeo/Capital New York)

1:30 PM ET, November 21, 2012

Top News:

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Three journalists killed in Gaza — Three Palestinian journalists were killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip yesterday. — The Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV reported that two of its cameramen, Mahmoud al-Kumi and Hussam Salama, died in hospital from severe burns after a missile hit …

Discussion: Radio & Television …, Capital New York, Big News Network.com, Committee to Protect …, The Huffington Post and GlobalPost

Associated Press:
Egypt protesters firebomb Al-Jazeera Cairo office

Discussion: Daily News Egypt

Telegraph:
Chilling live tweets as windows shatter around journalists in Gaza City

Discussion: Tablet Mag

Joel Gunter / @joelmgunter: 6-year-old reportedly killed in Israeli airstrike strike on building housing AFP #Gaza offices. Latest: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthori ty/ 9692735/Gaza-Israel-conflict-live.html? asdf ... #gaza #telaviv

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Gaza Media Coverage Reports Strikes In Real Time, Without Restrictions

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Poynter, TVNewser and The Nation

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

What really caused Brauchli-Weymouth breakup? — All accounts of the departure of Marcus Brauchli as executive editor of The Washington Post concur on one element of the drama: Brauchli fought with his boss, Publisher Katharine Weymouth, over newsroom resources.

Sara Morrison / CJR: Martin Baron's plans for WaPo

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

The Oatmeal sued over trademark by “Oatmeal Studios” — It's only been a few months since webcomic Matthew Inman, operating under the name The Oatmeal, was able to put his bizarre legal clash with competing humor website FunnyJunk to rest. Now Inman is about to be back in court.

Discussion: TechCrunch, Betabeat, WebProNews, Gizmodo UK and The Next Web

Andrew Pugh / Press Gazette:

Court hears plea from defendant to bar Croydon Advertiser journalist from covering case — A London magistrates court is reportedly considering submissions to ban a local journalist from covering a trial because his “heavy reporting” of the defendant's previous cases “intimidates” witness.

Discussion: @gareth_davies09

Helen Lambourne / HoldTheFrontPage:

Weekly reporter fights off bid to ban him from court — A weekly newspaper journalist has successfully fought a bid to ban him from reporting a trial at magistrates court because of his “heavy reporting” of previous cases which a witness claimed “intimidated” her.

Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:

New York Times Chairman Says Scandal 'Hasn't Made Things Easy' — New York Times Co. (NYT) Chairman and Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said the lingering scandal at the British Broadcasting Corp. has been a challenge for new Chief Executive Officer Mark Thompson, who used to run the BBC.

Ami Sedghi / Guardian:

Newsnight: how have viewing figures been affected by the BBC child abuse scandal? — Newsnight hasn't been short of publicity over the last seven weeks. Most of it negative. As we all now know, the show aired on the 2nd November which wrongly linked the former Conservative party treasurer …

Quartz:

This is what the publishing industry will look like if the Big Six become the Big Four — News Corp.'s HarperCollins and CBS's Simon & Schuster are discussing a possible merger, according to The Wall Street Journal (paywall), in another move toward consolidation in the book publishing industry.

Wall Street Journal:
News Corp., CBS in Talks Over Merging Book Businesses

Discussion: PublishersWeekly.com, CNET, Los Angeles Times, Melville House Books, Business Insider, The New York Observer, Bookseller news, Deadline.com, paidContent and The Huffington Post

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft ‘Xbox TV’ device due in 2013 with casual gaming and streaming — A set-top box to compete with Apple TV and others — Microsoft is building an Xbox set-top box. Multiple sources familiar with Redmond's plans have confirmed to The Verge that the company plans to introduce …

Discussion: TechCrunch, Polygon and Business Insider

Todd Spangler / Cable Television News: ESPN Reboots Xbox ‘TV Everywhere’ App

Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:

Another Big YouTube Bet: Time Warner Leads $40 Million Maker Studios Round — Here comes more money for YouTube videos. But these dollars don't come from YouTube: Time Warner is leading a big round of financing for Maker Studios, a start-up that specializes in creating and distributing clips for the video giant.

Discussion: CNET

Nadine Schimroszik / Guardian:

Financial Times Deutschland expected to close in two weeks — Executives tell staff that newspaper will close on 7 December, 12 years after it was founded — The Financial Times Deutschland will survive for another two weeks before closing down, executives have told staff on the 12-year-old paper.

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

The storm after the storm: Returning to the office, champagne in hand, ‘Newsweek’ staff awaits the ax — Tina Brown, editor of Newsweek and The Daily Beast, called her minions together in the newsroom yesterday for a 5 p.m. champagne toast. — It was, according to a source …

Guardian:

News Corp exposed to growing legal threat following charges for tabloid duo — Charges for Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson raise prospect that News Corp could be prosecuted under US anti-bribery laws — The new round of criminal charges brought in the UK against former senior News International editors …

Discussion: CJR, Crikey, Media Decoder and Prof Chris Daly's Blog