Media Brief
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| 10:53 UK time, Tuesday, 4 May 2010
I'm the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what you need to know.
Viewers are watching TV for more than four hours a day - 30 hours a week - according to BARB figures. Thinkbox says it's due to new TV technology, a new research system and people spending more time at home the .
But scientists say too much television is bad for young children's development, .
The that the Independent's new Russian owner has confirmed that Simon Kelner is returning as its editor. Evgeny Lebedev said Kelner would return on a permanent basis after a two-year hiatus and will remain editor-in-chief of the Sunday title.
The the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service is "braced for the loss of up to a quarter of its budget" because of Foreign Office cuts.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ may have to use licence fee money to plug a hole in its pension fund .
There's and the of Kevin Lygo's move from Channel 4 to run ITV Studios, the first appointment by new ITV chief executive Adam Crozier.
The newspapers' election coverage takes on an air of urgency on the penultimate day of campaigning.
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