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

The Â鶹Éç director general that the new licence fee deal will strengthen the Corporation's independence. In an opinion piece, he says it will mean a leaner Â鶹Éç with a focus on high-quality content.

But "the Â鶹Éç settlement has injured its independence". It says the Foreign Office retains control over where and in which languages the World Service broadcasts and "the government now has a foothold in Broadcasting House".

the cut to the Â鶹Éç budget is draconian and shows that, so far as the Coalition is concerned, the Â鶹Éç is just another department of government spending.

The Information Commissioner's Office is to reopen its inquiry into Google's collection of personal data during its Street View project reports the Â鶹Éç. At the time, it said no "significant" personal details were collected. But Google has now admitted that e-mails and passwords were copied.

The [subscription required] that Ofcom is to cut 170 jobs out of 870, as its budget falls by 28%.

The post of chairman of the Â鶹Éç Trust is . The salary of £110,000, for a three-to-four-day week, is less than before. Last year, Sir Michael Lyons earned £143,000 (£213,000, including travel and accommodation benefits). It is also less than the prime minister's salary of £142,500.

Last month, the selection process for the chairman of the Â鶹Éç Trust and the qualifications likely to be sought by the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

Last week the that the DCMS has postponed the appointment of the Trust vice-chairman, so the two posts can be filled at the same time.

Many of the national newspapers consider the further implications of the cuts announced in the government's spending review, including their effect on education, charities and the navy as the Â鶹Éç newspaper review shows.

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