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Wednesday, July 28, 2010media

Today's media stories from the papers

Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Darren Childs to head UKTV BBC Worldwide Channels chief believed to be close to filling vacancy left by David Abrahams' move to Channel 4 Virgin Media revenue up 7% Virgin Media beats analyst expectations to add 9,100 new subscribers and grow revenue to £964m Mecom sees online revenue surge 47% European newspaper publisher Mecom has reported a profit of £24m as online and circulation revenues rise This week's featured media jobs Games Worlshop - Design Manager Midlands/permanent/full time Evolve Digital Publishing Ltd - Event Sales Director North West/permanent/full time Espresso Education - Lead Producer (Primary) London/permanent/full time For more jobs, career advice and workplace news visit guardianjobs.co.uk Today's headlines The Guardian Host accused of Brazil TV murders dies. P21 Can you really reboot the internet? G2, P3 Daytime TV: a presidential survival guide. G2, P3 The Independent Is the online news-stand finally set to make money? P37 Daily Telegraph Payout for student in Facebook sex slur. P6 Broadband adverts must not list top speed. P9 Wikileaks disclosures put agents' lives at risk, says US. P14 How to win Mastermind. P30 ARM's smartphone dominance rings up profits. Business, P3 Vodafone chairman survives vote. Business, P3 Informa buoyed by events. Business, P3 The Times Daily Mail website eyes profit. P39 Financial Times Luke Johnson: BBC does business a dramatic disservice. P10 Vodafone's Sir John Bond sees off threat over re-election. P14 Yahoo Japan signs Google deal. P18 Wall Street Journal Europe Oracle's Larry Ellison leads list of top-paid executives. P16, 17 Yahoo Japan signs Google deal. P24 HTC plans push in China. P24 Daily Mail Peter Salmon's decision not to fully relocate to BBC MediaCity:UK has infuriated staff. P11 £10,000 libel win for Facebook child porn smear victim. P21 New Panasonic camcorder could bring 3D to home movies P26 Daily Express Strictly Come Dancing star Mark Foster says he may pass up on chance to present coverage of 2012 Olympic Games. P18 Daily Mail & General Trust chief executive Martin Morgan wary about medium-term outlook. P59 The Sun Student Ray Bryce won £10,000 libel damages after ex-pal's Facebook slur. P7 ITV pilot hosted by Peaches Geldof described as 'Jeremy Kyle for teenagers'. P16 Foursquare could be used for anti-social networking. P30 Steve Jones says new One Show host Alex Jones is only ex-girlfriend he stays in touch with. TVBiz, P4 Daily Mirror £10,000 libel award for Facebook slur victim. P14 Thieves steal copper internet cable. P15 Sky, Virgin, BT and Top Up battle for TV sports. P38, 39 Daily Star Jeremy Clarkson under fire over 'Muslim hotties' comment. P1,5 And finally ... Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says media sensation and front-cover starlet Paul the Octopus – as if he needs an introduction – spreads "Western propaganda and superstition", according to the Daily Mail. "Those who believe in this type of thing cannot be leaders of the global nations that aspire, like Iran, to human perfection." P34 Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today Why WikiLeaks turned to the press Dan Kennedy: That WikiLeaks went to the press with the Afghanistan war logs shows old-fashioned news organisations still have a role to play Mini Seedcamp: highlighting Europe's young digital entrepreneurs Josh Halliday talks to the London event's organisers and some of the 21 start-ups that pitched to mentors and investors BBC North director Peter Salmon not moving fully to Salford Executive leading relocation of more than 1,500 posts from London will rent flat near MediaCity:UK Steven Swinford joins Daily Telegraph Sunday Times reporter to leave paper after five years, in move unconnected with string of recent redundancies C4 axes channel controller role in management shakeup Hamish Mykura and Angela Jain among those affected by decision to remove controllers Lee Bartlett joins Discovery Former managing director of ITV Studios takes on Los Angeles-based international programme acquisition role All Creatures Great and Small to return BBC to revive popular rural drama based on the diaries of Yorkshire vet James Herriot NRS mulls merging readership figures Readership measurement body is taking part in a trial that could lead to the fusion of print and online audiences Ian Wright to host Absolute Radio show Wright to present 90-minute post-match analysis show for the live games being broadcast on the network from next month Living TV buys Nikita and Chase BSkyB-owned group acquires UK rights to US series about female assassin and Jerry Bruckheimer police show

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