‘Romance of the Century’ a publishing goldmine. In the race to be the first in what will inevitably be an avalanche of spin-offs from the royal engagement, HarperCollins today announced publication of Kate and Will: A Royal Love Story. For only $29.99 you can dazzle your friends with your intimate knowledge of what the publishers describe as “the definitive story behind the most remarkable romance of our times”.

But even the media release announcing the book’s publication provides little insight into what might actually be new, or previously unavailable, snippets of information about the royal romance. What readers are promised is this gems such as this:

“Through myriad obstacles, including the strain of the paparazzi, the social chasm between their families and the increasing importance of Will’s military career, Kate has proved herself a fighter — and she has fought to keep her prince.”

Make sure you put it to the top of your Christmas list. You can pull it out when the inevitable family tensions boil over on Christmas Day. It’s sure to generate discussion, if nothing else, about the worldwide obsession with the engagement. — Crikey intern Alison Drew-Forster

ABC Local Radio shuffle. The ABC today announced 2009 ABC Local Radio Broadcaster of the year Tim Cox will host his last shift on Tasmanian radio on December 17. After 11 years as host of Statewide Mornings broadcast on 936 ABC Radio Hobart and ABC Northern Tasmania, Cox is leaving to take over the breakfast shift on ABC Gold Coast from 2011.

Cox insists the decision is entirely his and says while he will miss Tasmania, he is excited about the new challenge of breakfast radio. Even considering the much earlier start. — Alison Drew-Forster

Guardian editor on new media, Murdoch’s power bloc

“On one level there is no great mystery about web 2.0. It’s about the fact that other people like doing what we journalists do. We like creating things — words, pictures, films, graphics — and publishing them. So, it turns out, does everyone else!” — 702 ABC Sydney

Murdoch’s Iranian channel draws viewers … and threats

“In little more than a year, the Persian-language satellite television channel beamed into Iran by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and a prominent Afghan family has rapidly become one of the most popular stations in the country. A little too popular, it appears.

“This week, a long-running campaign led by the Iranian government to undermine the channel, Farsi1, took a menacing turn: A group calling itself the Iranian Cyber Army hacked into Farsi1’s web site, as well as several sites owned by the Mohseni family, and posted a cryptic but sinister warning.” — New York Times

Palin’s book leaks ordered offline

“A federal judge on Saturday ordered Gawker Media to pull leaked pages of Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag from its blog. The injunction prohibits Gawker from ‘continuing to distribute, publish or otherwise transmit pages from the book’ pending a hearing on November 30.” — Huffington Post

PBL Media bolsters digital credentials

“Market sources say PBL is in the final stages of signing a joint-venture heads of agreement with the rapidly growing Hulu as new chief executive David Gyngell looks to bulk up the television, magazine and digital group’s new media growth options.” — The Australian

Murdoch and Jobs to release first ipad ‘newspaper’

“Rupert Murdoch, head of the media giant News Corp, and Steve Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, are preparing to unveil a new digital ‘newspaper’ called the Daily at the end of this month, according to reports in the US media.” — The Guardian