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Television industry 7min ago

Lenny Henry urges broadcasters to employ more black and Asian people

22 Jan 2014: Comedian says urgent action is needed to reverse fall in number of minority ethnic people in creative industries
Charles Saatchi 47min ago

Charles Saatchi challenges Spectator critic to cage fight

22 Jan 2014: Art collector, 70, offers to fight Taki, 77, in no-holds barred contest after latter says former has 'coward's bullying manner'
Simon Cowell 1hr 17min ago

Simon Cowell's company criticised for advertising for unpaid interns

22 Jan 2014: Syco employee posts ad on Facebook for 'keen as mustard new interns' to be paid expenses only
Italy 1hr 18min ago

Berlusconi's son in row over Mediaset sex content

22 Jan 2014: Two programmes on Italian network told to make radical changes or shutdown by vice-president of organisation
Australia v England limited-overs internationals 2014 3hr 3min ago

Australia visa rules pitch three tabloid journalists beyond the boundary

22 Jan 2014: Three British tabloid journalists were resigned to being sent home from England's tour of Australia before the Twenty20 series after they were unable to extend their visas
Greenslade 4hr 3min ago

Council-run newspapers face closure

22 Jan 2014:
Bill pioneered by Eric Pickles clears parliamentary stage
Greenslade 4hr 22min ago

The Sun celebrates a Facebook million

22 Jan 2014:
Newspaper appoints social media editor
Greenslade 5hr 1min ago

Iraqi journalist dies in bombing

22 Jan 2014:
Second TV reporter wounded in blast
Greenslade 5hr 19min ago

David Walsh on Lance Armstrong - this year's Cudlipp memorial lecture

22 Jan 2014:
Sunday Times writer to talk about cycling doping scandal
Media Briefing 10hr 40min ago

Today's media stories from the papers

22 Jan 2014:
Our roundup of the day's media stories, including Will Lewis named Dow Jones interim CEO and Guardian blocked in China
Kylie Minogue 1 day ago

Kylie Minogue pulls in the viewers to rescue BBC's The Voice

21 Jan 2014: Plaudits for Australian star as once-struggling talent show gets audience of 10 million viewers
Greenslade 1 day ago

Investigative film festival begins with 'shocking' death row movie

21 Jan 2014:
Five films to be shown in festival's fifth year
Washington Post 1 day ago

Washington Post's Ezra Klein leaving newspaper to start 'new venture'

21 Jan 2014: Journalist behind Post's successful Wonkblog leaving paper with two other journalists to start new news organisation
YouTube 1 day ago

Microsoft Xbox One prompts outrage after YouTube stealth-marketing stunt

21 Jan 2014: Undisclosed money paid to YouTubers featuring Xbox One in gaming videos prompts backlash. By Samuel Gibbs
Guardian Media Group 1 day ago

Guardian Media Group to sell 50.1% stake in Trader Media Group

21 Jan 2014: Guardian, Observer and theguardian.com publisher to invest sale proceeds, thought to be £600m to £700m, in core business. By Jason Deans

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Yes, Gypsies lag in education, but the reasons are complex and cultural

Damian Le Bas: It's unsurprising that many Gypsies and Travellers still question whether an outsider's education can ever really be for them

Twitter's failure to tackle trolls is an insult to the likes of Stan Collymore

Anne Perkins: First thoughts: Perhaps Twitter regards every user as a bonus, no matter how abusive. But there needs to be laws to control the extremes

The truth is we are all living on Benefits Street

Simon Jenkins: Everyone is on the take, and whole industries are on white-collar subsidies. Some of us are just smarter at concealing it

How an old story was reborn in the Edward Snowden era

Michael Wolff: This isn't just a new age of political activism, but also of story telling activism. And stories are best told when people want them

The modern day 'starving artist' is likely on food stamps

Amien Essif: The US should greatly increase its public support for the arts and journalism. Otherwise many will continue to need welfare aid

Latest Media Monkey

Sherlock 'will continue until Benedict Cumberbatch gets too famous' | Media Monkey

22 Jan 2014, 4:34 EST: Media Monkey: Star and producer reveal their plans for the future of the show, the role of Mary, and whether Sherlock really kissed Moriarty
Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight turn-offs and why the long face | Media Monkey
21 Jan 2014, 4:29 EST
The BBC's Sherlock: prepare for a slew of copycat sleuths | Media Monkey
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