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I'm the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on. Some content may need a subscription.

The [subscription required] the ´óÏó´«Ã½ is spending nearly £10 million a year employing highly paid executives on "hidden" contracts that are not included in its £1 billion wage bill. It says they include the iPlayer boss Anthony Rose. It quotes a ´óÏó´«Ã½ spokesman saying:

"These are commercial arrangements with contractors who offer specific skills not available in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ at a salary cost we can afford."

The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s spending on new TV programmes has fallen by 13% in the past five years, according to an Ofcom report. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ says it's partly because of increased efficiency, and savings are put back into programmes. But the licence-payers will be angry.

´óÏó´«Ã½ has confirmed the move of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Breakfast to Salford, with 88 jobs expected to move north. ´óÏó´«Ã½ North director it's especially symbolic - the first ´óÏó´«Ã½ network news programme to come from outside London.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has offered to meet Selina Scott to discuss her claims of sexism, .

Jonathan Ross has recorded his final TV chat show for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and said he was lucky and grateful to have worked at the Corporation, reports the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ newspaper review says the appointment of General Sir David Richards as the new Chief of the Defence Staff is greeted with universal acclaim in the papers.

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• ´óÏó´«Ã½ | ´óÏó´«Ã½ spending on new TV shows has fallen, says Ofcom
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