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Monday, September 27, 2010media

Today's media stories from the papers

Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Sale of BBC magazine titles such as Radio Times poses plenty of questions Its magazine division holds great appeal for rival publishers but a sale would mean BBC surrendering TV brands to outside control Online publishers are more confident but are they making any money? Association of Online Publishers reports phenomenal growth of apps BBC puts In the Night Garden to bed After 100 episodes and millions of DVD and toy sales, Igglepiggle and friends are set for retirement This week's featured media jobs Google, Head of Rich Media Services London/permanent/full time Associated Press, Head of Newsgathering London/permanent/full time Nature Publishing, Assistant News Editor London/permanent/full time For more jobs, career advice and workplace news visit guardianjobs.co.uk Today's headlines The Guardian BBC to stop making series of In The Night Garden. P11 Interview with Victoria Wood. G2 Media Guardian The funding dilemma facing children's TV. P1 Billboards get facial recognition. P2 Implications of the sale of BBC Magazines. P3 Financial Times relaunches Saturday magazine. P3 Audit of BBC risks political interference. P4 Charles Arthur on Twitter. P4 Being a foreign correspondent. P5 The latest Association of Online Publishers report. P6 The Independent BBC1's Panorama to broadcast Lord Ashcroft tax allegations show. P18 The latest Association of Online Publishers report. P36 Should Rupert Murdoch be allowed to take full control of BSkyB. Viewspaper, P5 Daily Telegraph Newsreader John Suchet to join Classic FM. P15 Co-owner of The Lady, Julia Budworth, says editor Rachel Johnson is 'unsuitable'. P15 Mark Zuckerberg allows cameras into house for Oprah Winfrey Show interview. P19 John Lewis aims for Christmas number 1 slot. Business P1 The Times Publishing group behind Stieg Larsson's books expected to report tripling of revenue. P38 Culture secretary to seek for commercial sponsor for local TV. P42 Financial Times Local TV plan needs financial support, says expert panel. P4 Facebook film sparks fresh controversy. P25 Bloomberg overhauls magazine. P25 Wall Street Journal Europe Twitter's foray into advertising is receiving mixed reviews. P17 Management changes at NBC Universal, CNN and Comcast. P18, 31 Daily Mail The X Factor coverage. P1, 11 Daily Express The X Factor coverage. P14 Motive Television turns to AIM. P65 The Sun The X Factor coverage. P3 Daily Mirror Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P3 The X Factor coverage. P12 Daily Star The X Factor coverage. P6 And finally ... Harry Enfield admits that the brilliance of Ricky Gervais's The Office made him feel like a bit of a 'past it' comic dinosaur - but then David Walliams and Matt Lucas's Little Britain made him realise there is still a lot of rubbish TV. 'I thought we were past it with Ricky coming up with this amazing, well-observed comedy,' said Enfield. 'Then Little Britain came along and it was fantastically uncool. So we got back into it.' The Sun, TV Biz P1 Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today Q to mark John Lennon's 70th birthday with special covers Two of four different covers of music magazine to use previously unpublished shots provided by Yoko Ono and David Bailey John Suchet to host Classic FM morning show Former ITN newsreader to take over from Simon Bates, who is leaving for Smooth Radio after seven years Channel 4 News website unveils new look £500,000 relaunch ditches short-form news stories in effort to highlight the broadcaster's 'unique points of difference' Financial Times relaunches weekend magazine The publisher hopes a new-look magazine will boost its weekend package, traditionally weaker than its weekday newspaper Seven Days not too posh, says Stephen Lambert Channel 4 reality TV show's executive producer insists that Notting Hill's diversity makes it the perfect location Advertising billboards use facial recognition to target shoppers In Japan, sci-fi prophecy is now becoming reality, with the first digital billboards tailored to passing shoppers tried out in malls Audit of BBC risks political interference by stealth Jane Martinson: A stitch-up in which the BBC is constrained and its commercial rivals given free rein would be an outrage Twitter goes down and the world falls silent Charles Arthur: Once the news hits Twitter, it's alive, but Facebook doesn't feel like the place where news is made Running to Cable over Murdoch's BSkyB plans won't solve anything Peter Preston: Yes, Rupert Murdoch could use Sky customers as paywall fodder to bolster News Corp websites - but how likely is it? Media Talk podcast Tim Davie, the most senior man in BBC radio, gives his reaction to Chris Moyles's extraordinary rant. Plus, Channel 4 launches its new reality series, Seven Days; and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg overtakes Rupert Murdoch in the Forbes rich list

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