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Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk BBC Audiobooks buyer vows big investment and celebrity titles Former Polygram chief Michael Kuhn says operation is 'good old-fashioned business' needing to adapt for digital age UK channels' spend on new homegrown shows falls by 6% Ofcom's public service broadcasting report points to£150m decline in spend as recession hit advertising revenues Libel ruling against the Times 'is blow to investigative journalism' Media lawyers express concern as court of appeal rules Reynolds defence does not apply to allegations against detective MediaGuardian 100: 61-70 Join us as we unveil the next 10 places in 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 Facebook has refused to remove a page set up to pay tribute to murderer Raoul Moat. P6 The BBC is making a drama about Live Aid. P11 Larry Hagman has reprised his role as JR Ewing for a US ad promoting solar panels. P17 Letter from Tony Burton, director of Civic Voice, about the asthetic damage of broadband cabinets in conservation areas. P31 The rise and rise of Piers Morgan. G2 P7 The Independent Facebook has refused to remove a Raoul Moat tribute page despite criticism from the Prime Minister. P15 Alan Bleasdale is back on the BBC after 24 years. P24-25 Claire Beale on advertising. Viewspaper P12-P13 Ian Burrell on the Daily Telegraph's series of political scoops. Viewspaper P13 David Prosser on Apple's iPhone headache. P41 Culture minister Ed Vaizey has said the government will review its decision to deny the video games industry a tax break. P44 Analysis of Hugh Hefner's bid to take Playboy private. P45 Shares in ITV slid yesterday on analyst warning about its business model. P48 Daily Telegraph Facebook is engaged in an extraordinary stand-off with the Prime Minister over a Raoul Moat tribute page. P1 Paul Gambaccini has said the BBC pays "preposterous" salaries. P5 Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, has agreed to meet Selina Scott to discuss her sexism claims. P5 Figures released by Ofcom show the amount of PSB programming has fallen. P5 A US judge has lifted curbs on TV swearing, to the consternation of many campaigners. P13 JR Ewing is back in an advert. P14 An analyst at Nomura has said News Corp should pay £3bn more for BSkyB. Business P2 Facebook is trying to overturn a legal ruling ordering it to freeze its assets. Business P5 The Times BBC spending nearly £10m a year on 'hidden' contracts. P5 The Times is celebrating its 70,000th edition. P9 Broadcaster Andrea Catherwood writes about segreation in Belfast schools for 'Thunderer' column. P20 Matthew Parris confesses he has smashed up his DAB radio. P20 Sarah Palin's daughter and future son-in-law have used celebrity magazine Us Weekly to announce they are to marry. P34 Up to 10 parties remain 'seriously interested' in acquiring Five from RTL. P41 Financial Times Spending by terrestrial TV channels on PSB programming has fallen to levels last seen in 1988 in real terms. P3 David Cameron has criticised the Raoul Moat tribute page on Facebook. P4 The BBC is relaunching its commercial website BBC.com with a special focus on US news stories. P4 BBC Worldwide has sold a majority stake in its audibooks division. P4 The potential pitfalls of using social networking sites to communicate with customers. P12 Review of The Zeroes, publisher Randall Lane's account of his disastrous business venture. P12 Lex column looks ahead to Google's quarterly results and says the serach market has not yet matured. P14 David Montgomery's media company Mecom has been fined euros19mn by a Dutch regulator. P18 Lions Gate Entertainment has tabled a bid for film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer. P20 BSkyB was one of the best FTSE 100 performers yesterday. P32 Wall Street Journal Europe Lee C Bollingers says America needs a BBC. P12 A Russian internet firm that invested in Facebook, DST, has sold a 29% stake to a South African media company. P17 Daily Mail PM fury at Facebook tributes to Raoul Moat. P1 Felicity Kendall and Anne Widdecombe will appear on Strictly Come Dancing. P7 Editorial on Facebook and Raoul Moat. P14 Britain's top judge says the internet is wrecking trials. P19 JR Ewing is starring in an ad for solar panels. P32 ITV's shares slump. P76 Daily Express Selina Scott has declared war on the BBC over accusations of ageism and sexism. P8 The number of TV repeats has risen. P8 The founder of Hello! has died. P15 ITV's share price slumped yesterday. P68 The Sun Gavin Henson set for stint on Strictly Come Dancing. P3 Forsyth to cut back on Strictly Come Dancing hours. P3 Lord Mandelson says Gordon Brown was 'stung' by the Sun's decision to back Conservatives in May. P4 Kelvin MacKenzie on Piers Morgan: I knew him when he was poor. P15 Graham Norton will take over from Jonathan Ross as host of BBC1 Friday night chatshow. TV Biz P1 Daily Mirror Bruce Forsyth to cut back on number of Strictly Come Dancing shows he hosts. P3 Jonathan Ross loss is win for the moral minority. P21 Daily Star David Cameron slams Facebook over Raoul Moat tribute page. P8 The Spanish publisher of Hello! magazine, Eduardo Sanchez Junco, has died aged 67. P11 And finally ... An interesting spat, of sorts, between Alastair Campbell and Keith Burnet, the communications director of Chatham House, may be looming after the latter had a letter published in today's FT. He takes issue with Campbell's claim that the famous Chatham House rule can survive in a world with Twitter and Facebook. 'The rule can be used effectively as long as the person tweeting or messaging reports only what was said and does not identify - directly or indirectly - the speaker or another participant,' Burnet writes, rather sniffily. We look forward to Campbell's tweeted response. Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today Sky News considers launch in Arabic BSkyB in talks to start free-to-air competitor to al-Jazeera, run as 50/50 joint venture with investor from Abu Dhabi BBC Breakfast's Salford move confirmed Shift of BBC1 breakfast news show to Salford Quays likely to involve 88 posts, corporation says US Senate moves to curb libel tourism Legislation to crack down on plaintiffs suing Americans in overseas jurisdictions proceeds towards full Senate hearing Piers Morgan 'poised to replace Larry King on CNN' Former Daily Mirror editor reported to have signed £5.5m four-year deal to take over from veteran talkshow host Orange in talks to join Project Canvas Mobile firm understood to be considering signing up to BBC-backed venture to bring video-on-demand to Freeview and Freesat 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' BBC2 goes back to school for new season Highlights for autumn and winter include Gareth Malone and John Humphrys documentaries, plus Troubled Families season Group marketing director leaves ITV David Pemsel, at ITV for five years, departing along with director of research and insight Chad Wollen Paper puts up a paywall for comments A US newspaper publisher has decided to charge users for posting comments on its newspaper website The BBC News redesign: Hot, or not? BBC News has a new look, the first major redesign since 2003