Media Brief
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| 13:12 UK time, Thursday, 24 June 2010
I'm the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.
England's World Cup match against Slovenia prompted a 30% rise in internet traffic. At one point, 800,000 people were watching the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s live feed, the .
But Declan Donnelly of Ant & Dec missed much of the match because of the power cut in West London.
the background to the Rolling Stone interview that costs General McChrystal his job.
Channel 4's new chairman Lord Burns says it doesn't need public subsidy, unlike the previous chief executive Andy Duncan, who pressed the Government for a deal with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide. Despite the plunge in TV advertising, C4 stayed in profit last year, thanks to its digital channels, .
´óÏó´«Ã½ executives are still taking first-class train journeys, . The ´óÏó´«Ã½ says it only happens when that's the cheaper option or for reasons of privacy or a meeting.
The that Google has won a landmark copyright ruling over the use of video material on YouTube.
The England's World Cup win and the decision by US President Barack Obama to sack the US commander of international forces in Afghanistan vie for the front pages.
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