Media Brief
I'm the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, says it will pay bonuses to senior managers, as it prepares to announce record profits. it is competing for expensive talent in America and Australia. It's in contrast to the publicly-funded ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, where executives have had their pay and bonuses frozen.
that Christine Bleakley is leaving the One Show to join Adrian Chiles on ITV's new breakfast show, after the corporation withdrew its offer of a new contract.
Earlier, MPs had criticised the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ for making her a reported offer of £450,000 a year, .
The Evening Standard is about to move into profit, a year after being turned into a free newspaper, . It's about to increase its print run from 600,000 to 750,000.
TV audiences this week face 18-19 hours of sports coverage daily across ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ1, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ2 and ITV1 as Wimbledon coincides with the World Cup. .
ITV's former World Cup pundit Robbie Earle says the broadcaster supplied him with 400 tickets for the tournament. that he was fired by ITV after some of the tickets were used as part of an ambush marketing stunt.
the BSkyB board wants assurances that Sky News would not be turned into a partisan "Fox News-style" service if it accepts an offer from News Corporation to take full control.
, the day before the government reveals its plans.
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