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Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk BSkyB buys UK rights to complete HBO TV catalogue Broadcaster gains exclusive rights to hit series including The Wire, Sex and the City and Boardwalk Empire BSkyB profits rise as HD takeup soars Company adds 429,000 new HD subscribers in second quarter, as broadband operation hits profitability for first time S4C chief Iona Jones quits Welsh-language channel had been warned that it faced a potential 24% cut to its annual grant This week's featured media jobs Games Workshop - 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 Jersey wants BBC to put it on the weather map. P5 BSkyB buys HBO catalogue. P8-9 Carphone Warehouse beats City forecasts. P22 Virgin Media chief signals company could sell UKTV stake. P22 Profile of 'news raider' who has appeared in background of countless news reports. G2 P2 Sherlock and other TV shows reclaim 'silly season'. P19-21 The Independent Tom Stoppard to make five-hour first world war drama for BBC. P7 Anger as US black fashion magazine Essence recruits white fashion director. P13 World's oldest Twitter user dies. P20 Google games pit search giant against facebook. P36 LinkedIn 'worth over $2bn'. P36 Interview with BBC head of drama Ben Stephenson. Viewspaper P12-13 Daily Telegraph Coronation Street to become stage play. P11 World's oldest Twitter user dies. P11 Panasonic launches mass-market 3D camera. P29 HMV launches download store. P29 US hedge fund deal values LinkedIn at $2bn. Business P3 Ofcom to run new mobile spectrum auction. Business P3 Ofcom to end rule forcing sale of TV ads. Business P3 Carphone Warehouse buoyed by smartphones. Business P8 Virgin Media to buy back £375m shares. Business P8 The Times Backlash over Wikileaks' publication of Afghan war logs. P1, 13 World's oldest Twitter user dies. P17 Stephen Fry to do nationwide book tour via satellite. P21 David Aaronovich: Who put Wikileaks on the moral high ground? P23 Virgin Media chief hits out at BT over broadband speeds. P40 Financial Times Pressure grows for curbs on targeted online advertising. P9 How much are social networks worth? Lex P14 Virgin Media plans £375m share buy-back. P17 Smartphone race takes heavy toll on LG profits. P22 Amazon adopts unconventional strategy with Kindle. P23 Daily Mail Why won't BBC boss Peter Salmon move from London to Salford? P11 Profile of 'news raider' who has appeared in background of countless news reports. P15 Channel 4 accused of 'anti-white bias'. P18 Daily Express Absence of big stars makes ITV a turn-off for millions. P11 £375m shares buyback for Virgin Media. P65 The Sun Ofcom investigates Peter Andre TV 'plugging'. P3 Lancashire mocked by Renault ad. P23 TV show Walking Dead bought by 120 countries. TV Biz P1 Laura quits Big Brother after five days. TV Biz P4 Daily Mirror Profile of 'news raider' who has appeared in background of countless news reports. P20 Daily Star ITV now has the 'Flop Factor' after suffering worst ratings in its 55-year history. P9 And finally ... Media darling and better half of the French presidency Carla Bruni reportedly took 35 takes to perfect a cameo scene in Woody Allen's new £20m movie. Her husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, was apparently watching events before they were due to fly off on holiday ... let's just hope no one left the engine running. Daily Mirror P15 Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today BSkyB buys UK rights to complete HBO TV catalogue Broadcaster gains exclusive rights to hit series including The Wire, Sex and the City and Boardwalk Empire BSkyB profits rise as HD takeup soars Company adds 429,000 new HD subscribers in second quarter, as broadband operation hits profitability for first time S4C chief Iona Jones quits Welsh-language channel had been warned that it faced a potential 24% cut to its annual grant Aegis buys Australia's Mitchell UK-based media buying and research group boosts Asia-Pacific presence with £208m deal Virgin Media chief: rivals' broadband ads are 'grossly misleading' Neil Berkett says government should crack down on marketing claims if it wants company to invest in high-speed networks Channel 4 picks up online hit Pocket TV Bite-sized music and entertainment show will air on T4 and 4Music later this summer News of the World hands over 'Higgins sting' tapes Sunday paper hands over all the video tapes shot during sting operation on snooker player to sports body's investigators ITV holds on to Rugby World Cup rights Broadcaster beats rivals to secure right to air live matches from 2011 and 2015 tournaments 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 Mecom's online revenue rises 47% European newspaper publisher reports a profit of £24m as online and circulation revenues rise