Mediagazer: Pakistani journalists wounded in bombing (Roy Greenslade/Guardian)

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 …

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Richard Alleyne / Telegraph:

Date set for Leveson Inquiry publication — The report from the first part of the Leveson Inquiry into press standards is to be released next Thursday. — Lord Justice Leveson — David Cameron set up the inquiry in July last year in response to revelations that the News of the World commissioned …

Roy Greenslade / Guardian:

Pakistani journalists wounded in bombing — Several Pakistani journalists were injured in a bombing yesterday at a Shia site in Karachi. They were caught in a blast just 30 minutes after an earlier explosion. The second bomb went off close the first one, wounding reporters …

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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.

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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:

Guys Drive a Network on YouTube — 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 …

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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