Media Brief
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| 10:10 UK time, Tuesday, 2 March 2010
As the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's media correspondent, I cover the personalities, politics and ethics of the media, as well as creative, business, technology and legal issues. This is my summary of what's going on.
The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ will unveil a new strategy today that could lead to the closure of 6 Music, the Asian Network and half its website pages. In the Guardian, the Director General Mark Thompson explains the thinking and says the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ must not do everything.
The Conservative spokesman Ed Vaizey seems to have changed his mind about 6 Music.
John Humphrys continues his inquiry into the future of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ on Radio 4's Today.
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There's Oscars controversy after one of the producers of The Hurt Locker broke Academy rules by sending out emails knocking Avatar, the main rival for the best picture prize. But most of the votes are already in.
Lord Ashcroft's "non-dom" tax status dominates the newspaper front pages.
