Media brief
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| 10:05 UK time, Friday, 16 July 2010
I'm the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on. Some content may need a subscription.
Gwyneth Williams, the new controller of Radio 4, as "the ultimate insider" and a safe pair of hands. She's "genuinely first-rate", according to Robert Peston, another candidate for the job, .
The government has delayed its plans for rolling out universal broadband by three years, says the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ.
The that the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ executives spent £10,000 on taxis during the past three months, according to the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's regular declaration of expenses. But says they've cut back in the past year.
, philanthropists and arts sponsors have told the government that private giving cannot replace public spending on the arts.
The , that the Sun has shut down its internet radio show SunTalk, days after its presenter Jon Gaunt lost his legal action against Ofcom.
Potential cost-cutting measures fill the papers, with graduate tax and free bus passes making many headlines, says the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ newspaper review.
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• ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ | Newspaper review
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