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  1. San Francisco's Friendster, now popular primarily in Asia, being sold to Asian interests -- reportedly for $100 mil. http://bit.ly/8Oovsq
  2. @mediabistro has first interview with Gayle King following Oprah's announcement she's leaving TV http://bit.ly/7bJFfs
  3. @salon launches Food section. former @gourmet contributing editor @Francis_Lam helms. http://bit.ly/8fp8Ke
  4. Summary of what people are saying about Murdoch's threats to erect paywalls http://bit.ly/6JXDU1
  5. Who says the Chronicle isn't good for anything anymore? A former writer recorded his album in their basement. http://bit.ly/8J7ghS
  6. Twitter changes query from "What are you doing?" to "What's happening?" But you're on Twitter. You already knew that. http://bit.ly/8D5FBS
  7. Early bird rates for mediabistro's eBook Summit (NYC, Dec. 15-16) end today! http://bit.ly/1fIcKb
  8. Berkeley's Samuleson says the Google Books settlement didn't go far enough, and she'll still ask Judge Chin to reject it http://bit.ly/Rl1FY
  9. RT @Mediabistro: Looks like the new RT feature is being rolled out to more Twitter users today. Keep your eyes peeled.
  10. Incoming BizWeek editor Josh Tyrangiel (and current TIME.com mging ed) explains what makes news work online http://bit.ly/2XKg46
  11. YouTube makes move to help news orgs harness the power of citizen journalism. (Not everybody's buying it, though.) http://bit.ly/2SZBmF
  12. Current TV makes a cartoon. Calls Sarah Palin a "twilf." Draws conservative ire. Formula for success: Rinse, repeat. http://bit.ly/2bOc3M
  13. Oxford Dictionary word of the year: "unfriend". Not "teabagger". Or "hashtag". http://bit.ly/mUEKA
  14. @arrington says Crunchpad won't compete with Apple tablet. Start at 39:50 in the video here: http://bit.ly/uy3pz
  15. @agolis is looking for a deputy news editor for Yahoo News. If you want to work with a rock star, this is your chance. http://bit.ly/4oqhs8
  16. The aftermath of Murdoch's potential plan to pull content from Google indexes: Maybe it's not so crazy after all. http://bit.ly/24akgL
  17. Also, check out @grimmelm 's tweets for instant analysis of what's new (in the Google Books settlement)
  18. Revised book settlement is out -- Notes from conference call: http://bit.ly/BWhyw
  19. Because it'd be a shame to let your tweets die slowly in the ether, now you can print them in book form; just $18.99: http://bit.ly/49r3yp
  20. MediaNews has no outlet in SF. Same for the Examiner in the East Bay. Together: Ad powerhouse for a dying industry. http://bit.ly/1OQbVu