Mediagazer: SurfTheChannel Founder Gets Extra Jail Time For Revealing Documents That Raised Questions About His Conviction (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)

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: Pocket-lint, Guardian, PC Magazine, The Next Web, WindowsWave, CNET, Forbes, GeekWire, Engadget, GigaOM, TechCrunch, Polygon, Joystiq and Business Insider

Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:

Exclusive: NBC News Vetoed Chelsea Clinton Marriage Equality Ads — Videos prepared by former First Daughter, who supports marriage equality, would have been used in Washington state and by TheFour.com. But NBC News, where Clinton has worked for the past year, wouldn't allow it.

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

SurfTheChannel Founder Gets Extra Jail Time For Revealing Documents That Raised Questions About His Conviction — You may recall that, earlier this year, we wrote about a very troubling ruling in the UK against the founder of SurfTheChannel, Anton Vickerman.

Discussion: BBC

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

Machinima Using Game-Themed Videos to Lure Young Men — LOS ANGELES — Big Media's hunt for young male viewers is not going so well. — News Corporation is holding a fire sale for IGN, its online network aimed at guys. Disney XD, a cable channel for boys, is growing in popularity — among girls.

Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:

Alan Rusbridger warns of increase in attacks on journalists — Four journalists honoured at CPJ ceremony, where Guardian's editor-in-chief collected a lifetime achievement award — Alan Rusbridger, Guardian editor-in-chief, has warned that “targeting journalism has become a trend” …

Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:

MSNBC Battles ‘Pro-Obama’ Label Heading Into President's Second Term — NEW YORK — MSNBC President Phil Griffin labels his network's sensibility as progressive, but the cable news channel could also be described these days as simply pro-Obama. In the final week of the 2012 election …

Discussion: Mediaite

Alexander C. Kaufman / The Wrap:

For Nate Silver, the Late Apologies Are Trickling In — Three weeks ago, Nate Silver was right. Very right. — He accurately predicted President Barack Obama's reelection, just as he had in 2008. But in the weeks leading up to election night, the New York Times polling wizard withstood …

Discussion: Mediaite, Politico and Mediaite

Elaine Burke / Silicon Republic:

BitTorrent seeks broadcasters to help develop live streaming tool — BitTorrent has put the call out to qualified broadcasters and content creators to sign up to help build BitTorrent Live, which it believes is the next generation of live streaming. — Currently in beta mode …

Discussion: GigaOM and The Official BitTorrent Blog

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.

Discussion: @gareth_davies09

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.

Discussion: CJR

Jason Del Rey / AdAge:

Yahoo's Ad Sell-Through Rate on its Log-in Page Has Plummeted — A Huge Display Unit to Appeal to Brand Advertisers — One of Yahoo's prime pieces of ad real estate has been awfully ad-free of late, according to a report from financial research firm Macquarie Equities Research.

Discussion: Business Insider

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.

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: The New Yorker Blog, GlobalPost, Radio & Television …, Associated Press, Capital New York, Big News Network.com and Committee to Protect …

Discussion: @joelmgunter

Sarah Marshall / Journalism.co.uk:

Disqus to pay publishers for referrals to Amazon and eBay — Commenting platform Disqus has announced that it will pay publishers for referral traffic they drive to e-commerce sites like eBay and Amazon. Publishers such as news sites that use Disqus for comments will be paid if a reader follows a link and makes a purchase.

Discussion: Big News Network.com