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

The Telegraph Media Group this morning unveils an 11% increase in profits to almost £60m, thanks to a rebound in advertising markets and continuing cost savings from putting print and digital operations together, .

The New York Times has said it will start charging North American users for some of its online content, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ reports. It will initially charge readers in Canada, with US users facing charges from 28 March. Charges will vary depending on whether readers use a smartphone, a computer or an iPad. Each month, the first 20 articles will be free.

Media regulator Ofcom is to review how airtime deals are struck in the £3.5bn UK TV advertising market. it could result in a fundamental change to the way commercial broadcasters do business. The review is the first in-depth look since the contract rights renewal regime was introduced in 2003 governing ITV1's deals with advertisers.

It's Red Nose Day and Chris Moyles has broken the record for Radio 1's longest ever show. The record was broken at 1930 GMT on Thursday as Moyles and on-air partner Dave Vitty, also known as "Comedy Dave", passed the 37-hour mark. They are now aiming to set a new Guinness world record for a team DJ show by staying on air for 51.5 hours, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ reports.

Meanwhile, Radio 4's The Reunion brings together the founders of Comic Relief - Richard Curtis, Lenny Henry, Griff Rhys Jones, Helen Fielding and Paddy Coulter, who was Head of Media at Oxfam.

diligently preserved magazine collections are being liberated from darkened lofts, painstakingly scanned into computers and posted online for other mag-fanatics to enjoy. "I went home for Christmas a couple of years ago and saw that my mum was clearing out all my old Melody Makers," says Charles Batho, a 39-year-old digital creative director. "I saw the boxes by the back door and said, 'Noooooo!' So I took them home and decided to start scanning them all in."

The looming prospect of military action against Col Gaddafi's forces makes some front pages - although the UN vote came too late for the earlier editions, as featured in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ newspapers review.

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