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I'm the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell says "mild expansion" is replacing the "fear phase" that gripped markets last year. The world's largest advertising group reports a 36 % increase in half-year profits to £244m reports the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

The that the Church of England says the ´óÏó´«Ã½ should appoint a religion editor to act as a "trusted guide". It praises the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s religious output in a submission to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust review of Radio 3, Radio 4 and ´óÏó´«Ã½7.

The Harper Collins has accused the ´óÏó´«Ã½ of using licence fee money to gag a book by Top Gear's secret driver The Stig. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ says the book breaches confidentiality obligations.

The over "TV trickery" on ITV1's X Factor. It claims Autotune has been widely used, both to improve and worsen singers' performances.

The editor of music magazine Future Music tells the ´óÏó´«Ã½ that sound engineers say Autotune is used in 99% of recorded music.

In his blog, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ arts editor Will Gompertz asks in his blog what's the problem?

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Newspaper review shows some papers carry pictures of one of the miners found alive in Chile after being trapped underground.

Links in full

• ´óÏó´«Ã½ | WPP profits hit £244m as advertising market strengthens
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• ´óÏó´«Ã½ | Top Gear Stig legal wrangle goes to court
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• ´óÏó´«Ã½ | How commonplace is autotune?
• Will Gompertz | ´óÏó´«Ã½ | Who cares about autotune?
• ´óÏó´«Ã½ | Newspaper review

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