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

In considers the appointment of Danny Cohen as controller of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳1.

Martha Lane Fox is stepping up her campaign to get Britain online .

Former ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ director-general Greg Dyke tells he thinks this government will be "genuinely supportive of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳....which the Labour government wasn't in the later years". He believes salaries at the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ have got far too high.

The Felicity Kendall's splits on Strictly Come Dancing "brought a collective gasp from the nation's living rooms". It says the 64-year-old actress puts it down to yoga and pilates and that she and Pamela Stephenson have given the show "pensioner-power". But Paul Daniels was voted out.

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ newspaper review says the papers consider George Osborne's likely strategy as he unveils what the Financial Times suggests could be "the mother of all negative stories".

Saturday's that Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine TV is to sue Richard Desmond over a so-far unpaid bill for a Channel 5 show, Don't Stop Believing. It says other independent producers have had their bills queried by the channel's new owner.

Saturday's says the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ has opened itself up to accusations of dumbing down after appointing ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three controller Danny Cohen to run ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳1. But ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Vision director Jana Bennett hailed Mr Cohen as "one of the most talented TV executives of his generation". She said ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three, once heavily criticised, has been named channel of the year for the past three years.

The the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ has cut the amount it pays senior managers by more than 10%, the corporation confirmed on Friday. It published figures showing the number of senior managers has dropped from 639 to 592, while their pay bill has fallen by 12.2%

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