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Media briefing Thursday 26 Feb 2015 g Top stories on MediaGuardian More » MPs demand rigorous shakeup at top of the BBC Report recommends replacing the BBC Trust with a single board, creating a public service broadcasting commission to act as external watchdog  Alexander Lebedev: my editors decide who papers back in general election Independent owner says he supports Labour’s mansion tax plans, but he would not interfere in the political decisions of his four UK newspapers  Fifa Files exposé by Sunday Times joint winner of Paul Foot Award 2014 Private Eye’s reporting on a corrupt contract between the UK and Saudi governments shares award with Sunday paper’s investigation into Qatar winning 2022 World Cup  BBC 'sold Television Centre to group that was clearly a tax avoidance scheme' Margaret Hodge, chair of parliament’s public spending watchdog, criticises corporation for sale to consortium whose structure was designed to avoid tax  Jill Abramson signs $1m book deal – but won't settle scores with New York Times Simon & Schuster wins bidding war for book by former executive editor that will focus on news media remaining relevant in the digital age  Artist behind hand-drawn copies of the Guardian revealed Commuters were puzzled by thousands of replica papers distributed at London Bridge station  Al-Jazeera journalists arrested for allegedly flying drone over Paris Three foreign nationals taken into custody after police spot drone flying in the Bois de Boulogne woods in western Paris  £100m bid for BBC3 does not add up, says Danny Cohen BBC’s director of television suggests independent producers Jimmy Mulville and Jon Thoday set up their own channel, as corporation cannot sell its brand name, EPG slot or majority of programme rights  Daily Mail coverage of Cliff Richard raid report inaccurate - author Former chief constable Andy Trotter says paper’s claims of South Yorkshire police incompetence and BBC dishonesty are wrong  Channel 4’s Immigration Street watched by 1.4 million Controversial documentary about people living on Derby Road in Southampton had been cut from six-part series to one-off after local opposition  Today's newspaper headlines More » Today's media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day’s media stories, including MPs demand rigorous shakeup at top of the BBC  Media Monkey's pick of the day More » Lord Archer loses temper over BBC Radio 5 Live's prison question Tory life peer accuses BBC of being ‘only interested in failure’ after presenter Sarah Brett dared bring up his conviction for perjury

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