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The 大象传媒 has announced its proposals for "Delivering Quality First", a strategy to cut twenty percent of the 大象传媒's spending over the next five years. No 大象传媒 channels will be scrapped but there are concerns that the savings could overstretch resources and erode the quality of 大象传媒 programmes. Steve Hewlett hears about the decisions from the 大象传媒's director of policy and strategy, John Tate.

The 大象传媒's proposals include big cuts to local radio and reductions in budgets for network radio although Radio 4 will be protected more than others. Radio critic Gillian Reynolds explains why she fears the cuts to 大象传媒 radio are worse than they seem.

The Daily Mail's editor in chief Paul Dacre has addressed the Leveson Inquiry into phone hacking, calling for continued self regulation of a press which he said is "vastly better behaved" now than it was when he started working in journalism. The Guardian's media correspondent Dan Sabbagh, who was at the seminar, picks out some of Paul Dacre's main suggestions.

According to a report commissioned by the 大象传媒 executive, the corporation pays fees of about 拢10 million a year to Sky to carry 大象传媒 channels. The report says this is an unusual set-up as, in many countries, the opposite is true and satellite broadcasters pay terrestrial channels for their programmes. In the light of the recent budget cuts, John Tate tells Steve Hewlett the 大象传媒 should stop the payments to Sky and spend the money on local radio and 大象传媒 Four instead. Sky says the payments are a fair and proportionate contribution towards its running costs.

The producer is Simon Tillotson.