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

Campaigners have welcomed a tribunal's finding that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ discriminated against TV presenter Miriam O'Reilly on the grounds of her age. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reports Michelle Mitchell, director at Age UK, said the ruling sent out a "powerful signal" against age discrimination. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has apologised to O'Reilly, 53, who was dropped from the rural affairs show Countryfile when it moved to a primetime slot.

The the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ was last night accused of 'social engineering' for sacking a female presenter because she was too old. The paper goes on to say that in a landmark ruling, a tribunal declared that senior executives were obsessed with 'ethnic diversity', 'rejuvenation' and attracting younger viewers when they decided to axe Miriam O'Reilly.

The Miriam O'Reilly is set to work for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ again. The article says the amount of compensation to be awarded will be decided at another hearing but speculates at a figure of around Β£100,000, including lost earnings and an amount for injury to feelings, is likely to be awarded.

The Richard Desmond's newspapers and magazines have been excluded from the system of press self-regulation. It follows the refusal of Desmond's company, Northern & Shell, to pay the fees to the body responsible for funding the Press Complaints Commission, known as PressBof. The titles include the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Star on Sunday and OK! magazine.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ2 suffered the biggest drop in audience share of any of the five main channels in 2010 . All suffered a fall in all-day audience share for the fifth year running as the popularity of multichannel television continued to grow. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ2's share fell from 7.5% in 2009 to 6.9% in 2010. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ1 fared best, its share falling 0.1% to 20.8% from 20.9% in 2009.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's newspaper review says Miriam O'Reilly's victory in her age discrimination case against the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ makes many front pages. The Daily Mail hails her as the "woman who beat age bias at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ". The Independent says the employment tribunal's ruling gives hope to older presenters and in the Guardian broadcaster Sheena McDonald celebrates her as an age champion.

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