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I'm the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

The [registration required] and the that Mark Thompson, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã director-general, has called on the government to intervene in News Corp's attempt to take full control of British Sky Broadcasting. In an interview on US television, he agreed there was potential for an abuse of power by Rupert Murdoch's UK companies if BSkyB came under the same ownership as News International, the country's largest newspaper group.

The [subscription required] the Ö÷²¥´óÐã faces a renewed threat of disruption to coverage of George Osborne's spending review after pension talks with the National Union of Journalists collapsed yesterday. Jeremy Dear, the general secretary, will announce a new ballot of the union's 4,000 Ö÷²¥´óÐã members today.

Meanwhile Bectu has told its members in an email that it won't strike that day.

that a Ö÷²¥´óÐã strike on the day of the Comprehensive Spending Review might be welcomed by David Cameron.

The [subscription required] a senior Ö÷²¥´óÐã executive who was exposed trying to hide the number of staff earning more than £100,000 has resigned. Robert Johnston, the reward director, issued an apology after his e-mail was published in April. The Times quotes an email from the head of Ö÷²¥´óÐã People, saying Mr Johnston "has decided it is time to move to a less high-profile and demanding role."

Francis Maude, the Cabinet Secretary, has opened talks with the Ö÷²¥´óÐã, urging it to run some Government ad campaigns free of charge to cut Whitehall adspend. He raised the idea at the Tory Conference, after floating it last weekend in The Times.

The Ö÷²¥´óÐã's newspaper review shows former Labour Minister Lord Hutton receives praise in many papers for his review of public sector pensions.

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