Media Brief
I'm the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on in the industry.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is investigating allegations that actors were hired to pose as members of the public featured in reality TV show The Real Hustle, reports ´óÏó´«Ã½ News. Objective Productions makes the show for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ and said it "categorically" denied claims in the Mail on Sunday that the "victims" were briefed.
it could reveal that many of the "victims" in ´óÏó´«Ã½ Three's reality show The Real Hustle were actors and extras - and some had even been paid to take part by the independent production company that makes the show.
says that if Lord Patten is confirmed as the new chairman of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ this week, the reaction at Television Centre will be one of relief. You can hear my analysis on Radio 5 Live Drive from last Friday - 1hr 21mins in.
Advertising campaigns to raise awareness of the 2011 national censuses are being launched today. But is a census necessary when so much data about us already exists? between Census director Glenn Watson and Daniel Hamilton of Big Brother Watch.
´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide's hunt for a buyer for its magazine division is down to two companies, with German publisher Bauer considered the favourite to become the new owner of titles including Top Gear and Radio Times. It is understood that ´óÏó´«Ã½ Magazines expects "firm but non-binding" offers to be tabled possibly by the end of the month, .
If you think your mobile phone is one place where you can get away from advertising, think again, says the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Rory Cellan-Jones. "2010 was the breakthrough year for mobile advertising," according to Kerstin Trikalitis, chief executive officer of Out There Mobile Media. She was speaking at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where advertising on phones was a big theme.
Andrew Marr's payslip was left in the wrong pigeonhole and opened by a nosy colleague - revealing he is paid nearly £600,000 a year.
The ´óÏó´«Ã½ newspaper review, looks at the ongoing troubles in Libya. In it, the Daily Mail describes events as the "bloodbath that shames Britain". The paper says the United Nations has expressed concern about the UK's trade links with Libya. The Daily Telegraph says Washington has been critical of the UK's dealings with Colonel Gaddafi, saying they served only to "legitimise" him.
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