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I'm the 91Èȱ¬'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on. Some content may need a subscription.

The [subscription required] the 91Èȱ¬ 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 91Èȱ¬ spokesman saying:

"These are commercial arrangements with contractors who offer specific skills not available in the 91Èȱ¬ at a salary cost we can afford."

The 91Èȱ¬'s spending on new TV programmes has fallen by 13% in the past five years, according to an Ofcom report. The 91Èȱ¬ says it's partly because of increased efficiency, and savings are put back into programmes. But the licence-payers will be angry.

91Èȱ¬ has confirmed the move of 91Èȱ¬ Breakfast to Salford, with 88 jobs expected to move north. 91Èȱ¬ North director it's especially symbolic - the first 91Èȱ¬ network news programme to come from outside London.

The 91Èȱ¬ 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 91Èȱ¬ and said he was lucky and grateful to have worked at the Corporation, reports the 91Èȱ¬.

The 91Èȱ¬ 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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• 91Èȱ¬ | 91Èȱ¬ spending on new TV shows has fallen, says Ofcom
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• 91Èȱ¬ | Jonathan Ross 'honoured' to have worked at 91Èȱ¬
• 91Èȱ¬ | Newspaper Review