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I'm the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on. Some content may need a subscription.

The [subscription required] the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is spending nearly £10 million a year employing highly paid executives on "hidden" contracts that are not included in its £1 billion wage bill. It says they include the iPlayer boss Anthony Rose. It quotes a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ spokesman saying:

"These are commercial arrangements with contractors who offer specific skills not available in the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ at a salary cost we can afford."

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s spending on new TV programmes has fallen by 13% in the past five years, according to an Ofcom report. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ says it's partly because of increased efficiency, and savings are put back into programmes. But the licence-payers will be angry.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has confirmed the move of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Breakfast to Salford, with 88 jobs expected to move north. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ North director it's especially symbolic - the first ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ network news programme to come from outside London.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has offered to meet Selina Scott to discuss her claims of sexism, .

Jonathan Ross has recorded his final TV chat show for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ and said he was lucky and grateful to have worked at the Corporation, reports the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ newspaper review says the appointment of General Sir David Richards as the new Chief of the Defence Staff is greeted with universal acclaim in the papers.

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• ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ | ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ spending on new TV shows has fallen, says Ofcom
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