Media Brief
| 10:24 UK time, Wednesday, 25 August 2010
I'm the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a BT commercial for misleading customers over broadband speeds. The Ö÷²¥´óÐã reports an episode in the 'Adam and Jane' romantic saga showed an estate agent struggling to link to a webpage, while Jane loaded the site instantly.
Regional newspaper group Johnston Press has posted its first rise in operating profit since 2006 . The group, which includes the Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, said the decline in advertising revenues had continued to ease.
Josie Gibson has won the final series of Big Brother, but there's been far less media interest than in the past. The is all the way back on page 25 of the newspaper in the showbiz section.
Former housemates are now assembling for the Ultimate Big Brother before it leaves Channel 4 for good.
The Ö÷²¥´óÐã newspaper review shows that several papers lead with the conclusion by the Institute for Fiscal Studies that the coalition's first Budget was regressive.
Links in full
• Ö÷²¥´óÐã | BT broadband advert banned over speed claim
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• Ö÷²¥´óÐã | Josie wins Big Brother before ex-housemates return
• Ö÷²¥´óÐã | Newspaper review
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