»  Hearst reportedly tried to use some of its billion-dollar aquisition fund to buy Gawker’s Kotaku. [TBI]

»  The BBC is launching its iPlayer for the Wii. [BBC]

»  Could Bing be what Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) needs to lure big publishers away from Google? [TechCrunch]

»  A look at Fox Business Channel’s fight for viewers with CNBC and Bloomberg TV. [Vanity Fair]

»  Google’s is launching the Chrome OS within a week, but is it worth all the effort? [PC Mag]

»  Pingdom tracked Twitter for three weeks and reports back on who tweets—and what, where and when they Tweet. [Pingdom]

»  Modern Warfare 2 may be bringing the video game sales numbers back up now, but in October they fell 19%. [Venture Beat]

»  Bloomberg is taking away CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo’s column in BusinessWeek. [JOMC UNC]