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I'm the Â鶹Éç's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

Richard Desmond faces a grilling from MPs if his £100m bid for Channel Five is successful, . The owner of Express Newspapers is expected to be named today as the preferred bidder. The deal is unlikely to be blocked by regulators.

Keith Chegwin is under fire from comedians who claim he's using their jokes on his Twitter feed. says the Daily Mail. The Â鶹Éç Magazine looks at whether you can copyright a joke.

The Â鶹Éç newspapers review says prison parties and the decision not to prosecute a police officer dominate the papers.

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