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Media briefing                                                                                           Thursday 29 Jan 2015 g
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Andrew Miller to stand down as chief executive of Guardian Media Group Miller to ‘explore other opportunities’ from mid-2015 after near five-year stewardship of publisher of theguardian.com  Ofcom's deputy chair is 'stooge' for Tories, says Harriet Harman Labour’s deputy leader urges culture secretary to reconsider position of Tory peer Lady Noakes, claiming her Twitter account shows ‘clear breaches’ of media regulator’s impartiality  Virgin Media urges Ofcom to pause auction of Premier League live TV rights Cable group files ‘application for interim measures’ after warning that regulator’s ability to act will be prejudiced unless current auction process for top-flight football is halted  World Service cuts will reduce UK's global 'soft power', BBC report warns Corporation’s Future of News report warns of ‘dangerous and disparate’ threat to independent and reliable world news from well-funded Chinese and Russian state broadcasters  Isis sets sunset deadline for Jordan to free bomber and save hostage Deal to swap jailed terrorist Sajida al-Rishawi for Jordanian pilot leaves unclear the fate of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto  YouTube staff too swamped to filter out all terror-related content Google says pre-sceening the 300 hours of material uploaded each minute would be like vetting a phone call before it is made  New York Times editor: we failed to do our job after 9/11 Dean Baquet admits that US mainstream media did not ask ‘hard questions’ about Bush administration’s prosecution of so-called war on terror  Sky News to merge digital and TV staff in newsroom shakeup Broadcaster says overall headcount will not reduce but staff who do not meet criteria of new roles after consultation period may face redundancy  Document showing Rebekah Brooks approved payment for story was not disclosed to police, jury hears Evidence bearing signature of former Sun editor is produced at trial of four of the paper’s journalists at the Old Bailey  Toddlers or ayatollahs? Subtitling errors can make live TV unwatchable, says Ofcom ‘Serious recognition errors’ that pepper text relied upon by deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers to understand shows is giving disabled people ‘inferior’ experience, report finds
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Press red for Miliband? How to make the TV debates more interactive Is it just Monkey or are the election debates descending into farce? Following the kerfuffle about allegations that BBC director general Tony Hall had leaked proposals, the Radio Times has revealed there was a “fractious” meeting of the broadcasters and political parties on Friday. (And the next one is likely to be even more ill-tempered given the detailed leak from this one.) During the meeting Ukip suggested viewers could press the red button on their remote controls if they wanted to opt out of watching minority parties speak during the debates. Surely that will confuse the audience? Would it not be better to press the red button to silence Ed Miliband, the blue one to opt out of David Cameron and the yellow to avoid Nick Clegg? Which button would they choose to silence Ukip though Monkey wonders?