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Torin Douglas Torin Douglas | 10:30 UK time, Wednesday, 5 January 2011

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

Around 3,400 viewers have complained to the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ about an EastEnders storyline involving cot death and a baby swap, reports the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ and the . Ronnie Branning, played by Samantha Womack, swapped her deceased baby for the new born son of Jessie Wallace's character, Kat Moon. Complainants have called it "insensitive", "irresponsible" and "desperate". The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ said: "We appreciate this is a challenging storyline and have taken care to ensure viewers were aware of the content in advance of transmission. We also provided action line numbers at the end of each show, offering advice and support to those affected by the issues."

The London station Capital FM is now being broadcast across the country at certain times of the day - but can it really appeal to the whole of Britain? The its backers think so - and they're ready to take on Radio 1.

Facebook might be forced by US regulators to take the social networking company public as new investors pile in. It follows this week's $500m (£320m) round of investment led by Goldman Sachs, which valued Facebook at $50bn - "as big as Tesco".

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s newspaper review shows the rise in VAT leaves the leader writers divided - for the Times it is unappealing but necessary to restore the public finances. But the Guardian describes the increase as a political choice dressed up as economic necessity.

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