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Media briefing Monday 02 Mar 2015 g Top stories on MediaGuardian More » BBC to hive off production of top shows into studios division Staff working on series such as Doctor Who to move into new division – with plan to transfer out of the publicly-funded part of the corporation  Trinity Mirror profits rise despite revenue fall Print decline at Mirror publisher in 2014 offset by cost cuts, reduction in debt and improving digital performance  Tony Hall: BBC needs political and financial backing to survive in digital age In a speech on the corporation’s future, director general will say the BBC can either continue as standard bearer or sleep-walk into decay  Rebekah Brooks about to be rehired by Rupert Murdoch for US operation Sources say deal imminent as Brooks returns to News Corp to head media mogul’s quest for online investments, eight months after acquittal from phone-hacking charges  BBC Trust defends Rona Fairhead over £500,000 HSBC payment Chair of BBC’s governing body was chair of HSBC’s audit committee at time covered by HSBC files, but has had no discussions with journalists about coverage  Phone hacking hearing to decide Mirror damages Two-week trial to rule on eight representative cases, including BBC’s Alan Yentob, Sadie Frost and Paul Gascoigne  Ukip rails against BBC's Great European Disaster Movie BBC denies Ukip claims that European Union provided money for the film in which Nigel Farage is the prime minister of ‘Great England’  Rebecca Eaton: Masterpiece is the ‘little black dress of British drama’ Executive producer on the American fascination with drama hits such as Downton Abbey and Sherlock  BBC politics editor Nick Robinson to undergo lung surgery Veteran broadcaster Nick Robinson hopes to be fit to cover May general election after operation to remove tumour, writes Lin Jenkins  Sebastian Heiser: journalist accused of spying at German newspaper IT technicians at the leftwing daily Taz say spying on colleagues had been going on since the beginning of 2014  Today's newspaper headlines More » Today's media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day’s media stories, including Rebekah Brooks to be rehired by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp  Media Monkey's pick of the day More » BBC News trumpets its exclusive reveal on Jihadi John – or was it? Sky’s Adam Boulton sarcastically compliments former ITV reporter Lucy Manning on Washington Post story

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