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I'm the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

The Office of Fair Trading should investigate the impact of local authority newspapers on their commercial rivals, say MPs on the Culture, Media & Sport committee. says more council papers are competing for local advertising and some fail to make clear they are "vehicles for political propaganda" .

The Digital Economy Bill is to be rushed through the Commons before the election. The that critics say there should be more debate.

The BNP is to be given an interview on the Today programme after the Prime Ministerial TV election debates. It's part of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's plans to ensure balance, but has come under fire from some senior Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalists and the .

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ director general that the Corporation will show neither fear nor favour in the campaign.

SamCam has appeared on WebCameron in the first Conservative video of the campaign .

The Labour Party's plans for a poster campaign portraying David Cameron as Gene Hunt, the politically incorrect 1980s policeman from Ashes to Ashes, have been welcomed by the Tories, and hijacked for their own posters the .

As the election campaign begins, the it has more evidence about phone-hacking at the News of the World during the editorship of Andy Coulson, who is now David Cameron's media adviser.

The heated debate over women's place on the airwaves is fuelled by a new report from Selina Scott, attacking women TV bosses and Anne Robinson, but a Radio Times analysis suggests the TV gender age gap is shrinking according to the and the .

As Gordon Brown is due to confirm the general election will be held on 6 May, the papers are awash with party politics as .

The Conservatives' relationship with the Murdoch media empire has been highlighted by Ofcom's report on pay-TV, ordering BSkyB to cut the price of its sports channels. The Sun has switched allegiance to the Tories. about claims they have a deal with Rupert and James Murdoch.

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