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

The the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is locked in talks with the government over possible cuts of 25% to the World Service. It quotes a diplomatic source who says broadcasts to Burma are under threat.

The Commons Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Affairs Committee is to investigate the latest allegations that politicians and celebrities had their phones hacked by the News of the World. The it will take only written evidence, so Andy Coulson - the paper's former editor, who denies any knowledge of wrongdoing - will not be grilled by MPs.

Ann Widdecombe, Felicity Kendall, Pamela Stephenson and Patsy Kensit are among the line-up for Strictly Come Dancing this year, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ report. The men include Gavin Henson, Paul Daniels, Goldie and Peter Shilton. The Ann Widdecombe won't be the oldest, beaten to the title by Paul Daniels.

Mad Men returns to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ4 tonight. that it's her guilty secret and tells us about "the hollow heart of our society today".

Mad Men is "the perfect show for our time".

The that the show's prop master Ellen Freund says she relies on 60s obsessives to create the look.

The Google has announced it will launch its internet TV service in the US this autumn and round the world next year.

Peter Carey, who has won the Man Booker Prize twice, heads this year's shortlist reports the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. He is joined by Andrea Levy, Emma Donoghue, Damon Galgut, Howard Jacobson and Tom McCarthy.

The appointment of Bob Diamond as the new chief executive of Barclays Bank prompts strong feelings in a number of Wednesday's papers, as shown in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ newspaper review.

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