Media Brief
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| 10:58 UK time, Friday, 15 October 2010
I'm the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.
The the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ is expected to announce that its senior management wage bill has been cut by about £10m in a year.
The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s world news editor, Jon Williams, has defended the cost of covering the Chilean miners rescue, saying the "audience valued the investment". On the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Editors blog he said sending Spanish-speaking presenters Matt Frei and Tim Wilcox was "a huge point of difference with other broadcasters, and built a bond with the families". They were able to interview the families and Chilean officials in Spanish, and then translate simultaneously, live on-air.
The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ reports that Google has announced a 32% rise in profits for the last quarter. It credited higher advertising revenues, and the success of its newer businesses, such as its Android mobile phone operating system.
Chris Evans told Radio 5 Live listeners that it was time for Chris Moyles to leave Radio One. The Chris Moyles has turned the show into a daily soap opera about his life.
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The News of the World website has started charging for access. Their you what you will get for your £1 a day, or £2 for four weeks.
The Welsh-language broadcaster S4C has warned the DCMS that if it opts to slash its budget by 40% it "calls into question" the future ability of the channel to operate.
A solar-powered lamp and charger has become the final object in Radio 4's History of the World in 100 Objects. The director of the British Museum that choosing the 100th object was an "impossibly difficult" task. He added "there is a mobile phone beside it because in a way we wanted to cheat".
Manchester police have been tweeting details of all their 999 calls over 24 hours. The it is a protest to budget cuts.
The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s newspaper review says several papers cover the concern of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over planned cuts in the armed forces.
Links in full
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• Jon Williams | ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Editors' blog | ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ News coverage of San Jose mine rescue in Chile
• ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ | Google's profits lifted by higher advertising revenues
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• ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ | Chris Moyles should leave Radio 1, says Chris Evans
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• ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ | Newspapers review
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