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I'm the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell says "mild expansion" is replacing the "fear phase" that gripped markets last year. The world's largest advertising group reports a 36 % increase in half-year profits to £244m reports the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.

The that the Church of England says the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ should appoint a religion editor to act as a "trusted guide". It praises the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s religious output in a submission to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Trust review of Radio 3, Radio 4 and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½7.

The Harper Collins has accused the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ of using licence fee money to gag a book by Top Gear's secret driver The Stig. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ says the book breaches confidentiality obligations.

The over "TV trickery" on ITV1's X Factor. It claims Autotune has been widely used, both to improve and worsen singers' performances.

The editor of music magazine Future Music tells the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ that sound engineers say Autotune is used in 99% of recorded music.

In his blog, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ arts editor Will Gompertz asks in his blog what's the problem?

The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Newspaper review shows some papers carry pictures of one of the miners found alive in Chile after being trapped underground.

Links in full

• ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ | WPP profits hit £244m as advertising market strengthens
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• ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ | Top Gear Stig legal wrangle goes to court
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• ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ | How commonplace is autotune?
• Will Gompertz | ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ | Who cares about autotune?
• ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ | Newspaper review

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