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I'm the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s media correspondent and this is my summary of what's going on.

There's close scrutiny of Samantha Cameron's first TV interview in ITV's profile of the Conservative leader . In the battle of the leaders' wives, that Sarah Brown must wonder what she has unleashed. the two women's strengths.

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ faces criticism over a "lavish" glass studio it is building for the World Cup in Cape Town with a view of Table Mountain according to the and the .

The that the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ says it will take 295 staff to cover the World Cup, 15% fewer than in Germany four years ago.

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ is also under fire for sending staff on a Facebook course, .

The sports bodies have written to Ofcom supporting BSkyB over the pay-TV review, due to be published later this month. They say sports income would be hit hard if Sky has to cut its prices.

And the English Cricket Board will tell the Government it could lose £130m if the Ashes are put back on "free to air" list of sports events as recommended by the Davies committee .

it would make "perfect sense" for News Corporation to buy the 61% of BSkyB it doesn't own already. BSkyB shares rose to a seven-year high on Friday on the rumour.

All national newspapers lost circulation year-on-year, with the Observer down 20% as it prepared to relaunch .

Newspapers criticise the Children's Commissioner for saying James Bulger's killers were too young to understand the consequences of their actions as .

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