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

Campaigners have welcomed a tribunal's finding that the Â鶹Éç discriminated against TV presenter Miriam O'Reilly on the grounds of her age. The Â鶹Éç reports Michelle Mitchell, director at Age UK, said the ruling sent out a "powerful signal" against age discrimination. The Â鶹Éç has apologised to O'Reilly, 53, who was dropped from the rural affairs show Countryfile when it moved to a primetime slot.

The the Â鶹Éç was last night accused of 'social engineering' for sacking a female presenter because she was too old. The paper goes on to say that in a landmark ruling, a tribunal declared that senior executives were obsessed with 'ethnic diversity', 'rejuvenation' and attracting younger viewers when they decided to axe Miriam O'Reilly.

The Miriam O'Reilly is set to work for the Â鶹Éç again. The article says the amount of compensation to be awarded will be decided at another hearing but speculates at a figure of around £100,000, including lost earnings and an amount for injury to feelings, is likely to be awarded.

The Richard Desmond's newspapers and magazines have been excluded from the system of press self-regulation. It follows the refusal of Desmond's company, Northern & Shell, to pay the fees to the body responsible for funding the Press Complaints Commission, known as PressBof. The titles include the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, Star on Sunday and OK! magazine.

Â鶹Éç2 suffered the biggest drop in audience share of any of the five main channels in 2010 . All suffered a fall in all-day audience share for the fifth year running as the popularity of multichannel television continued to grow. Â鶹Éç2's share fell from 7.5% in 2009 to 6.9% in 2010. Â鶹Éç1 fared best, its share falling 0.1% to 20.8% from 20.9% in 2009.

The Â鶹Éç's newspaper review says Miriam O'Reilly's victory in her age discrimination case against the Â鶹Éç makes many front pages. The Daily Mail hails her as the "woman who beat age bias at Â鶹Éç". The Independent says the employment tribunal's ruling gives hope to older presenters and in the Guardian broadcaster Sheena McDonald celebrates her as an age champion.

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