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I'm the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on. Some content may need a subscription.

The [subscription required] the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is spending nearly Β£10 million a year employing highly paid executives on "hidden" contracts that are not included in its Β£1 billion wage bill. It says they include the iPlayer boss Anthony Rose. It quotes a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ spokesman saying:

"These are commercial arrangements with contractors who offer specific skills not available in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ at a salary cost we can afford."

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's spending on new TV programmes has fallen by 13% in the past five years, according to an Ofcom report. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ says it's partly because of increased efficiency, and savings are put back into programmes. But the licence-payers will be angry.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has confirmed the move of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Breakfast to Salford, with 88 jobs expected to move north. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ North director it's especially symbolic - the first Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ network news programme to come from outside London.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has offered to meet Selina Scott to discuss her claims of sexism, .

Jonathan Ross has recorded his final TV chat show for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and said he was lucky and grateful to have worked at the Corporation, reports the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ newspaper review says the appointment of General Sir David Richards as the new Chief of the Defence Staff is greeted with universal acclaim in the papers.

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• Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ | Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ spending on new TV shows has fallen, says Ofcom
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• Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ | Jonathan Ross 'honoured' to have worked at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
• Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ | Newspaper Review