Media Brief
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| 09:40 UK time, Wednesday, 21 July 2010
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 Department for Culture, Media and Sport is preparing to cut up to half its staff, . It says Jeremy Hunt has proposed cuts of between 35 and 50 per cent. The Culture Department has one of the smallest staffs - 590 - and budgets - Β£2.1bn.
In my blog at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ College of Journalism I ask what did Jeremy Hunt actually say about the TV licence fee?
the sports minister Hugh Robertson is set to announce that TV coverage of the Ashes will stay on Sky, rejecting a recommendation that the cricket series should be shown free-to-air.
Amazon in the US says ebooks are now outselling hardbacks. It has sold 143 digital books for every 100 hardbacks in the last three months and Radio 4's PM programme.
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ newspaper review says newspapers analyse the Cameron-Obama 'love-in' at the White House.
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• Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ | Kevin Marsh Devil and details
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• Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ | Newspaper Review
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