Today's media stories from the papers

Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Why Vince Cable must reel in News Corp's bid for full control of Sky News Corp control reduces the plurality of media ownership 'Three bidders in running' for Virgin Media's UKTV stake Discovery and ITV are among the companies interested in buying 50% share in BBC Worldwide joint venture Broadcasters try to wrest back more control from independent producers TV companies in talks with independent producer body Pact This week's featured media jobs Bauer Media - Kerrang! Features Editor London/permanent/full time Bloomsbury Publishing - Digital Project Manager London/permanent/full time Gogglebox - Creative Traineeship London/contract/full time For more jobs, career advice and workplace news visit guardianjobs.co.uk Today's headlines The Guardian Pirate radio station Rinse FM goes legal. P5 Facebook co-founder Sean Parker gives $100,000 to legalise cannabis campaign. P5 Ann Widdecombe beats Goldie in Strictly Come Dancing. P9 Child TV addicts 'face mental health risks'. P18 Google tests driverless cars. P22 The readers' editor on ... the mean, the median and the mistaken. P35 Obituary: scriptwriter Jackson Gillis. P36 Martin Kelner: sport on TV. Sport P14 Interview: Jamie Oliver. G2 P5 Mark Lawson on Channel 4's controversial Prince Harry kidnap drama. G2 P12 Media Guardian Interview: Richard Bacon. P1 Olympics radio switched off. P2 New Internationalist magazine relaunched. P2 Simon Cowell - diversity hero. P2 Changing relationship between broadcasters and independent producers. P3 Media Monkey's diary. P3 Lord Fowler: why Vince Cable must reel in News Corp's bid for full control of Sky. P4 Why it's time to pay interns what they are worth. P4 Response: Ofcom, Daybreak. P4 Interview: BBC4 controller Richard Klein. P5 Women's magazines sashay into a new era. P6 Harry Hill's new web TV show. P7 The Independent More than 1,000 journalists expected at Chilean miners' release. P21 Google's latest toy - the car that drives itself. P23 Russia's largest internet business Mail.ru to float subsidiary in London. P32 Stephen Glover: who are the Tories' friends in the press? Viewspaper P5 Guy Hands prepares to do battle with Citigroup over EMI. Viewspaper P11 Daily Telegraph 'Idiot's guide' for licence fee collectors to help them cope with angry customers. P3 BBC's former head of religion Michael Wakelin to return one day a week. P3 Andrew Marr says bloggers are 'inadequate, pimpled and single' loners. P5 Strictly Come Dancing viewers save Ann Widdecombe. P7 Countryfile photographic competition winners. P15 Interview: Lord Sugar. P17 New Zealand TV host quits over Indian name slur. P20 Leader: Ann Widdecombe steals the show. P25 Charles Moore: can television put poetry on the menu? P25 Review: Doctor Who Live at Wembley Arena. P31 Ofcom to launch probe into YouView. Business P3 BBC Sport morale at all-time low after top events slip through its grasp. Sport P12 The Times Aardman Animation reports full year loss of £2.5m. P42 Guy Hands in negotiations with Citigroup over future of EMI. P42 Peppa Pig heads to US. P50 Interview: Jim Broadbent. P57 Financial Times China suppresses internet comment. P8 Vodafone aims to lure pre-pay users. P21 UK Film Council chief to go digital. P21 Social networks dominate emerging online markets. P24 Google robocar in 140,000 mile test drive. P24 Wall Street Journal Europe Google trials cars that drive themselves. P19 New tools offer ways of sorting smartphone apps. P27 Ford trials touchscreens in cars. P27 Amazon reportedly planning to launch app store for Android devices. P32 Daily Mail The X Factor latest. P1,6,7 Gamu: The X Factor ruined my life. P7 Jan Moir: Why is Cheryl Cole so orange? P7 Google's car that doesn't need a driver. P8 Ann Widdecombe saved on Strictly Come Dancing. P19 Picture - Kirstie Allsopp on a scooter. P27 Daily Express Execution fear of The X Factor reject. P2 Ann Widdecombe saved on Strictly Come Dancing. P3 TV and games killing hobbies. P15 TV can harm children's health. P25 Idiot's guide to dealing with BBC complaints. P27 The Sun The X Factor fans' fury at latest eviction. P1,4,5 The X Factor set to rake in extra £10m with music downloads. P5 Ben Collins crashes into gravel trap on Channel 5's Fifth Gear. P6 Michael McIntyre book serialisation. P12 Kids ditch traditional hobbies for TV, computer games and online. P15 Banksy joins the Simpsons. P25 TV risk to children. P32 BBC3 sitcom Ideal set to return for seventh series. TVBiz, P1 The X Factor - before Cher Lloyd was famous. TVBiz P1 Goldie axed from Strictly Come Dancing. TVBiz P1,3 Doctor Who to film US special two-parter. TVBiz, P1 Coronation Street crash - picture. TVBiz P4 Emmerdale's longest-serving female star Deena Payne, who plays Viv Hope, axed. TVBiz, P4 Daily Mirror The X Factor latest. P1, 3 Goldie voted off Strictly Come Dancing. P15 Jim Shelly on The Apprentice. P23 Children ditch old hobbies for computers and TV. P22 Serialisation of Gok Wan's autobiography - I lived on honey and 50 laxatives a day. P32 Daily Star The X Factor coverage. P1,4,5 Paul O'Grady and Sharon Osbourne tipped to take over from Piers Morgan on Britain's Got Talent. P3 Goldie evicted from Strictly Come Dancing. P29 And finally ... Jilly Cooper has taken revenge on a critic who wrote a negative review of one of her books yesterday - by naming a goat after her. Not a real one, but Chisholm the goat who appears in her latest novel, Jump, named after writer and critic Anne Chisholm, reports the Daily Telegraph. 'It's called Chisholm because of Anne Chisholm who reviewed Rivals for the Spectator [in 1988],' said Cooper. 'She trashed the book completely.' Revenge is a dish best served capra aegagrus hircus. Daily Telegraph P5 Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today Richard Bacon on his BBC pay cut, the move to Salford - and life at 5 Live The BBC Radio 5 Live presenter prepares for next week's radio festival Women's magazine sector is bullish about the future Digital options grow but glossies are also confident about their survival in print Top Gear's James May to front London Pride ads The new campaign, developed by ad agency DCH, will feature presenter who lives near Fuller's brewery Lara Gould joins Mail on Sunday Sunday Mirror's TV editor leaves to become showbusiness editor at Associated Newspapers title Why Olympic radio didn't get off the starting blocks No dedicated digital station expected for London 2012 Simon Cowell, unlikely saviour of teenage boys TV talent shows stand nearly alone in the media as providing positive role models for young men New Internationalist magazine aims to woo younger readers Radical publication responds to focus group findings that it is 'too depressing' Harry Hill takes his comedy online Harry Hill's Little Internet Show will be shown on AOL. And the internet is where top talent should be establishing a toehold NUJ steps up campaign to pay interns a fair wage Union urges more interns to come forward to claim legal rights Media Talk podcast City AM's editor on how it makes print pay, Sky Atlantic and the closure of 4iP. Plus, Gamu-gate and Russell Brand's return to radio