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Media briefing                                                                                           Friday 06 Feb 2015 g Top stories on MediaGuardian                                                                                                            More » BBC licence fee: decriminalisation of non-payment pushed back until 2017 Move led by former BBC chairman Lord Grade delays legal change over fears of impact on corporation  Premier League big winner again as TV rivals vie for live football rights Fierce competition between Sky, BT and possibly Discovery and BeInSport means bid process is likely to run into next week  News Corp newspaper revenue falls 6% as ads and subscribers go online Newspaper revenue in the UK, the US and Australia is down despite a rise in the company’s overall revenue thanks to book publishing and real estate divisions  Johnston Press chief attacks 'inflammatory' BBC report on local media Ashley Highfield urges corporation to get its tanks off the lawn of local newspapers and websites and to work with the industry by giving away its ‘bucket of content’  Digital radio overtakes analogue in homes for first time More than half the population now listens to radio on a digital platform every week, according to latest figures  Hackers target Russian newspaper site accused of being anti-Putin Media group accused of being anti-Putin goes offline for the second time in two months  Sun crime reporter pleads not guilty over alleged payments for stories Anthony France faces charge of aiding and abetting police officer in committing misconduct in public office  EastEnders: Michelle Gayle attacks producer's comments on diversity Former soap star ‘taken aback’ by Dominic Treadwell-Collins’ refusal to ‘tick boxes’ by including ethnic minority characters  Former BBC presenter loses appeal against sexual abuse conviction Judge says ex-BBC Norfolk broadcaster Michael Souter, jailed for 22 years in 2003, is ‘in denial’ about ‘appalling catalogue of sexual abuse of vulnerable victims’  Reuters launches 'Netflix for news' app iPhone app offers ‘curated but personalised news coverage’ via short video reports  Today's newspaper headlines                                                                                                             More » Today's media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day's media stories, including decriminalisation of licence-fee dodging delayed and Premier League rights auction to begin  Media Monkey's pick of the day                                                                                                        More » Prince Charles reverts back to hot metal With Catherine Mayer’s biography about him being serialised in the Times, probably the last thing Prince Charles wants to do is learn about publishing, particularly newspapers. But he proved a dab hand at printing during a visit to the St Bride Foundation near Fleet Street on Thursday. The heir to the throne was shown a number of old printing presses and what is thought to be the last hot metal edition of the Guardian from 29 June 1987, in the years when Monkey was just a twinkle in some designer’s eye (and the prince had yet to write his so-called “black spider memos” to ministers which the Guardian is battling to have released). Aaanyway, Charles was then given a chance to use a 16th-century wooden press and created a printed alphabet designed by the painter and printer Albrecht Durer. A bunch of bananas to former Fleet Street compositor, Mick Clayton, who helped the prince with the press, but made him laugh by asking: “Can I check your union card first?” Ba-doom tish!

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