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Media briefing Tuesday 10 Mar 2015 g Top stories on MediaGuardian More » Rona Fairhead should lose BBC job over HSBC role, says influential MP Margaret Hodge, chair of the public accounts committee, says Fairhead should either resign as BBC Trust chair or the government should sack her  ITV's Phillip Schofield hits out at investigation into 'sex toys' report This Morning host says Fifty Shades of Grey-inspired segment was ‘very innocent stuff’ and should not have attracted more than 120 complaints  HBO launches standalone streaming service as an Apple exclusive HBO Now will debut in early April and cost $14.99 a month, with no cable contract required  BBC should not have announced ban on all-male panels, says Jason Manford Comedian argues Danny Cohen should have gone ahead and increased female participation on comedy show panels without talking about doing so  BuzzFeed to stream live David Cameron interview Exclusive video streamed on site’s Facebook page highlights its growing presence in the UK  BBC's Poldark launches with nearly 7 million viewers Costume drama starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson attracts nearly double the audience of ITV’s Mr Selfridge  Jeremy Clarkson's company makes £600,000 profit The Top Gear presenter set up Newincco 1189 in 2012, although how much of his BBC fee goes into the company is unknown  Jury out in trial of four Sun journalists Deputy editors Fergus Shanahan and Geoff Webster, ex-chief reporter John Kay and royal editor Duncan Larcombe face charges  UK election bad for business whatever the result, says Martin Sorrell WPP boss says Labour would ‘bash business’, while Tory win would lead to uncertainty over EU referendum  Sunday Mirror hacked actor's 'deeply personal' voicemails, court told Former Coronation Strret actor Shobna Gulati says story speculating on the parentage of her nine-year-old son caused boy to be bullied at school  Today's newspaper headlines More » Today’s media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day’s media stories, including BBC Trust chief urged to quit over HSBC role and Phillip Schofield hits out at investigation into ‘sex toys’ report  Media Monkey's pick of the day More » Telegraph owners 'hypocritical', claims Nadine Dorries Tory MP uses Commons debate to criticise Barclay Brothers’ reputation for using lawyers against those delivering unfavourable coverage of their affairs

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