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I'm the 91Èȱ¬'s media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

An Adam Smith Institute report says the licence fee is 'obsolete and unfair' and should be scrapped. It says subscription and overseas sales could give the 91Èȱ¬ "the global presence of a Hollywood studio, but with a wider range of output" the 91Èȱ¬ reports.

The report's author David Graham set out his thinking in the [subscription required].

ITV's new leaders, Archie Norman and Adam Crozier, are expected to announce new programme investment and a possible return to pay-TV when they present its results this week and the [subscription required].

The the former 91Èȱ¬ Secretary Jacqui Smith has "sparked fury" by applying to be vice-chairman of the 91Èȱ¬ Trust. The 91Èȱ¬ Trust and the Culture Department said they did not comment on recruitment matters.

The 91Èȱ¬ newspaper review says several papers anticipate the expected news that Britain's five biggest banks are back in the black.

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