Media Brief
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| 09:49 UK time, Monday, 8 March 2010
I'm the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's media correspondent and this is my summary of what's going on.
The debate continues over the decision not to explain why John Venables, one of the killers of James Bulger, is back in jail. Several newspapers have given details of what he is alleged to have done. The and pick up the story. The Justice Secretary Jack Straw is interviewed by John Humphrys, following media criticism of the decision not to explain why John Venables is back in jail. Radio 4's Today.
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On International Women's Day, Katherine Bigelow has become the first woman to win the Oscar for best director. Her film The Hurt Locker dominated the night with six Oscars. Avatar won three of the technical awards. The the winners.
Women are outnumbered two to one on the TV screen and tend to be younger than their male counterparts, according to a Channel 4 diversity analysis to mark International Women's Day and reported by the and the .
Bob Geldof has challenged the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ to prove its claim that aid to Ethiopia was spent on weapons. He and leading charities have denied it. The it stands by its story and the .
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ head of future media and technology that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ had allowed its website to "sprawl". By cutting it back, it wants to do better with less.
The Alexander Lebedev, the former KGB agent expected to complete his takeover of the Independent shortly.
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