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

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ reports Lord Prescott says police have told him they have "significant new evidence" relating to his claim that he was a victim of phone hacking at the News of the World. The former deputy prime minister said the development showed that earlier investigations into his case and others had been "completely inadequate".

Detectives investigating phone hacking by the News of the World are to contact thousands of people to tell them that their voicemail messages may have been intercepted, .

YouView, the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳-backed venture to bring video-on-demand services to Freeview, has confirmed it will not launch until 2012, a delay of more than six months. The the company is also backed by BT, TalkTalk, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Arqiva. It is understood the project has been delayed due to technical issues.

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ is considering moving more staff to its new headquarters in Salford, which is already due to house about 2,300 employees. The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ chief operating officer Caroline Thomson said there is still space in the new northern site in MediaCity: UK. Speaking on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4's The Media Show, Thomson said: "We have to think about what else we can move in there."

The the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is keen to interview the candidates to be the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Trust chair before making his recommendation for a replacement for Sir Michael Lyons. The favoured candidates are believed to be Lord Patten, the former Conservative party chairman, and Sir Richard Lambert, the outgoing director general of the CBI. The Commons culture select committee, chaired by Tory MP John Whittingdale, will interview the candidate put forward by Mr Hunt on 10 March. The Guardian says Whittingdale has openly said that of the two favourites he prefers Lambert, and he will give Patten, for whom he once worked, a "hard time" if he appears before the committee.

The Elisabeth Murdoch is on the verge of re-entering the fold of her father Rupert's News Corporation media empire, which is close to acquiring her television company Shine Productions in a deal worth up to £400m. Ms Murdoch founded Shine, which produces shows such as The Tudors and Masterchef, almost ten years ago and has built it into a powerhouse in the British independent television sector and a transatlantic business.

The ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s newspaper review says the Daily Mail wants the government to defy Europe on the issue of voting rights for prisoners, calling this a day of "great significance in the history of this sovereign nation". The Daily Telegraph says it is a "watershed moment" and MPs must make a stand or have their impotency confirmed.

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