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

The that the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service is stopping regular drama after more than 75 years, and axing its Proms and Wimbledon highlights programmes, as part of a new round of cost cutting. It publishes an email to staff which says these are "difficult decisions" in "an increasingly tough financial climate".

The British Council accompanies the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ World Service on a list of quangos which may be cut or merged, leaked to the Daily Telegraph. The "The abolition of the British Council would be welcomed by many". The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s Politics Show reports the list of quangos to be abolished includes 180 organisations.

Chief executive of the "super-indie" All3Media that "playing" with the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ licence fee would be tantamount to "pulling a pin out of a grenade" in the UK production sector. He said the corporation's commissioning budget must be protected to maintain the UK's position as one of the world's top TV producers and exporters.

The the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ has spent almost £400,000 in five years on external lawyers dealing with Freedom of Information requests.

the Welsh Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones has raised concerns in the Assembly about the future of S4C, after a summer of reports of proposed funding cuts and the departure of its chief executive.

The Mail Online remained the most visited national newspaper website in August - the eighth month in succession - according to figures from ABCe, part of the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

The announcement that the government is not going to revalue the council tax bands in England makes the front pages of a number of newspapers as shown in the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s newspaper review.

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