Media Brief
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| 10:33 UK time, Friday, 28 May 2010
I'm the BBC's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what you need to know.
The BBC says Downing Street refused to allow a minister to appear on Question Time unless Tony Blair's former adviser Alastair Campbell was removed. No minister appeared reports the Guardian.
The long-awaited iPad goes on sale in the UK today reports the BBC.
According to the Daily Mail 40 years after the first World Cup was broadcast in colour, 25,000 homes still have a black and white TV licence.
ITV's commercial director Rupert Howell has become the first executive to leave since the arrival of Adam Crozier as its chief executive reports the Telegraph.
The BBC newspaper review highlights the papers' discussions with friends of the three murdered women in Bradford.
Links in full
BBC | Row over Alastair Campbell on BBC Question Time panel 
James Robinson | Guardian | Government boycotts Question Time over CampbellBBC | Apple iPad tablet gathers crowds for UK launch
Amy Oliver | Daily Mail | 25,000 people still watch TV in black and white 
Rupert Neate | Telegraph | ITV's commercial director to quitBBC | Newspaper review
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