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Wednesday, July 14, 2010media

Today's media stories from the papers

Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Jon Gaunt verdict could clear way for Sun radio station Paper's executives working on plans to launch national digital radio station featuring schedule described as 'pub talk' Fru Hazlitt backs social games venture ITV executive and top advertising, films and games figures take stakes in firm creating games for smartphones and Facebook Absolute to launch fifth digital service Absolute Radio Extra to be 'red-button'-style service with uninterrupted coverage of live music and Premier League football MediaGuardian 100: numbers 71-80 Join us as we unveil the next 10 entries in the MediaGuardian's annual power list This week's featured media jobs Premier PR - Publicist London/permanent/full time Biteback Media Ltd - Designer - monthly national political magazine London/permanent/full time Evitavonni - Sales Representative, UK Market London/permanent/full time For more jobs, career advice and workplace news visit guardianjobs.co.uk Today's headlines The Guardian Jon Gaunt has lost his battle with Ofcom over his 'Nazi' remark but the ruling may embolden Sun to launch digital radio station. P11 Obituary of former Fleet Street and BBC radio reporter John Spicer. P12 Interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. P7 The Independent BBC Breakfast to relcoate to Salford. P12 Mobile phone operator Orange is in talks to join Project Canvas. P40 Daily Telegraph Apple sees $9.9bn wiped off its share price after US magazine Consumer Reports criticises iPhone 4. P1 Selina Scott has compiled a dossier accusing the corporation of sexism which she has sent to BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons. P2 Radio presenter Jon Gaunt, who called a councillor a 'Nazi' on air, loses legal challenge. P9 Interview with Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer about the company's 3D TV plans. Business P5 The Times Virgin Media is poised to refer internet TV venture Project Canvas to Ofcom on competition grounds. P34 Financial Times PRS for Music, which collects royalties, wants ISP providers to pay artists a fee based on the amount of illegal downloads on their networks. P4 News Corp may have decided to take BSkyB private because of a property deal at its Osterley HQ, which may become News Corp's HQ. P16 News Corp in talks to broadcast 24-hour hour Arabic news service based in Abu Dhabi. P16 Penthouse owner Marc Bell trying to persuade Playboy founder Hugh Hefner to consider an offer for the adult magazine company. P19 Google faces battle in Washington over 'net neturality'. P21 Google working hard to overcome technical difficulties with its search facility. P21 Apple facing growing backlash over iPhone 4 reception. P21 Daily Mail The BBC is recycling 1980s sitcom The Good Life as a celebrity show. P36 Daily Express Shares in ARM Holdings, a possible bid target for Apple, rose yesterday in expectation of a good set of second quarter results. P56 The Sun Piers Morgan signs £5.5m four-year deal to replace Larry King on CNN. P3 Daily Mirror Simon Cowell says The X Factor judge Cheryl Cole is recovering from her illness. P3 Daily Star Katie Price wants to replace Cheryl Cole as a judge on The X Factor. P9 And finally ... To tweet or not to tweet? Soon even foetuses will be able to ponder this question, according to the Sun. It reports that an electronic maternity belt called the Kickbee will pick up messages from the womb, with kicks from baby being sent via Bluetooth to social networking sites. They will then be updated with messages including 'I kicked Mummy'. As for the technologically-enabled beneficaries of the device – well, they don't know they're born. The Sun P15 Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today ASA bans Mafia Wars Facebook ad Campaign for online game banned by watchdog for implying that 'carrying or using a knife was a way to earn respect' Fifa notches up 7bn World Cup views It was a very busy World Cup for Fifa, which recorded 150 million users to fifa.com and a whopping 7bn page views BBC1's Breakfast may move to Salford The corporation's executives are considering shifting the programme and about 100 staff to the new northern HQ Facebook facing lawsuit as New Yorker claims 84% of firm Site defends claim from web designer who says contract entitles him to 84% of the company Prince boosts sales - for one day Trinity Mirror says the giveaway on Saturday of the new Prince album boosted sales of the Daily Mirror and Daily Record BSkyB completes Virgin Media Television deal Satellite broadcaster to rename VMTV channels including Bravo, Challenge and Virgin1 as Living TV Group Jerry Hill appointed head of Rajar Hill will take over as chief executive of the radio audience measurement body in September BBC cans The Restaurant The reality cooking show featuring Raymond Blanc will not return for another series, though Blanc is in talks about other programmes Paper puts up a paywall for comments A US newspaper publisher has decided to charge users for posting comments on its newspaper website Zach Leonard quits News International The former digital media publisher of Times Newspapers has left as part of a restructure of the commercial department Julian Assange: the whistleblower Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, may just represent the future of news reporting, but he's not a journalist John Spicer obituary Distinguished Fleet Street and BBC radio reporter

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