Media Brief
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| 13:21 UK time, Thursday, 18 February 2010
As the BBC's media correspondent, I cover the personalities, politics and ethics of the media, as well as creative, business, technology and legal issues. This is my summary of what's going on.
The Press Complaints Commission has not upheld a complaint by the civil partner of the Boyzone singer Stephen Gately about an article by the Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir. 25,000 people, most mobilised by Twitter, said they were offended. The piece, headed A Strange, Lonely and Troubling Death, was published the day before the singer's funeral. The chairman of the PCC, Lady Buscombe, was interviewed on Today with Ben Summerskill of Stonewall.
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BBC | Stephen Gately PCC complaint rejected
The BBC has invited the Pope to present Thought for the Day when he visits Britain, according to Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer. The National Secularist Society says it would be better if he were grilled by John Humphrys.
Patrick Foster | Times | BBC invites the Pope to deliver Thought for the Day
Ian Burrell | Independent | Don't let Pope present Thought for the Day, say secularists
What the Papers Say is being revived on Radio 4 during the general election.
BBC | What The Papers say set for radio revival
The National Trust says it may launch a campaign to buy the Abbey Road studios, if they are put up for sale by EMI.
BBC | National Trust may launch campaign to buy Abbey Road
BBC News has been accused of "a sense of humour failure" for not allowing its journalists to present fake news clips for a new BBC entertainment show, The Bubble. Sky and ITV journalists are taking part.
Daily Mail | BBC boycotts its own comedy showIan Burrell | Independent | Sense of humour failure
The row between Disney and cinema chains over plans for an earlier-than-usual DVD release of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland is spreading to other European countries.
Ben Child | Guardian |European cinemas join threat to boycott Alice in Wonderland
The row over fake British passports used by the suspected killers of a Palestinian militant still intrigues the papers.
