Media Brief
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| 10:01 UK time, Friday, 3 September 2010
I'm the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.
³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ director general Mark Thompson has been accused of endangering the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s editorial independence by meeting Downing Street officials to discuss coverage of the Government's spending cuts and . The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ said he had made it clear its independence was paramount and they were talking to all the major parties about a season of programmes about the Coalition's Spending Review.
The the Government is under pressure to set up a judicial inquiry into phone-hacking at the News of the World, after the paper confirmed it had suspended a journalist while it investigated new allegations of illegal activity. The prime minister's media adviser Andy Coulson has denied a report in the New York Times, claiming he freely discussed the use of unlawful techniques.
I discuss the two stories on Radio 4's Today programme.
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The BSkyB has signed up the three-millionth subscriber to its high definition (HD) television service. By Christmas, Sky will have more than 50 HD channels.
The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ newspaper review shows the question of the existence of God makes front page news for a second day. The Archbishop of Canterbury responds to Professor Stephen Hawking's conclusion that modern physics leaves no place for God in the creation of the universe.
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