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Media briefing Friday 13 Mar 2015 g Top stories on MediaGuardian More » Jeremy Clarkson 'alerted BBC bosses to fracas incident' Top Gear presenter, not producer Oisin Tymon, reported the clash that led to his suspension, according to sources  Sadie Frost: phone hacking wrecked my life Giving evidence at high court, actor says illegal eavesdropping led her to suspect her family of selling stories to Mirror newspapers  BBC teams up with Google to launch digital revolution for young people Tony Hall says Make It Digital initiative, giving around 1m coding devices to 11-year-olds, will do for coding what the Micro did for home computing in the 80s  Madonna's age played no role in playlist snub, says BBC Radio 1 Star’s Rebel Heart album heads for No 1 as station insists tracks are selected on ‘musical merit and relevance to our young audience’  Max Clifford reportedly held over new sex allegations Disgraced PR man is alleged to be 71-year-old man arrested under Operation Yewtree  Sun raises prices for weekend editions News UK hikes prices of both tabloid weekend titles, with Sunday edition planning to expand size of existing sections  Sunday Mirror reporter apologised to two victims of his phone hacking Dan Evans, who pleaded guilty to hacking while at tabloid, met BBC’s Alan Yentob and EastEnders star Lucy Taggart to say sorry, court hears  Drones to take place of Jeremy Clarkson as Airheads fills Top Gear's BBC slot Sunday evening show offers an aerial take on hit Robot Wars with teams building flying machines before pitting them against rivals  ITV buys The Voice producer Talpa Media for £355m Deal to take over company owned by Big Brother creator John de Mol could end up costing up to £781m, depending on future performance  Snapchat 'worth $15bn' after Alibaba invesment Chinese ecommerce group may be making a defensive move against rival Tencent, which owns WeChat messaging app  Today's newspaper headlines More » Today’s media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day’s media stories, including the latest on Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear ‘fracas’ and Sadie Frost says Mirror phone hacking wrecked her life  Media Monkey's pick of the day More » AC/DC singer provides alternative fix for petrolheads’ current Top Gear crisis Brian Johnson, lead singer of Aussie rock band, to front Cars that Rock show on Quest channel

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