Media Brief

I'm the BBC's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

The Daily Mail and Guardian report that the director of BBC North, Peter Salmon, is not moving there with his family, but will rent a flat in Salford. Staff at BBC Breakfast are said to be "disgusted". The BBC says he does not want his children's education disrupted and will move home at a later date.

Daily Mail owner DMGT has reported a 13% rise in ad revenue in the past three months. The Financial Times says [registration required] a 46% jump in digital ad revenue illustrates why it doesn't want a paywall round its MailOnline website.

BSkyB is expected to post record earnings later this week. Reuters says this will widen the gap between Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which wants to buy the shares it doesn't own, and the other investors.

Former Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson says in the Financial Times [registration required] the new series of Dragon's Den reveals the BBC's "prejudice" against business.

Who would pay to use Twitter? No one, according to a US survey reported by the Guardian.

The BBC's Newspaper review says the fate and future of BP feature in many of the newspapers again.

Links in full

• Paul Revoir | Daily Mail | BBC chief sending 1,500 staff up North won't take his own family
• Maggie Brown | Guardian | BBC North director Peter Salmon not moving fully to Salford
• Financial Times | DGMT boosted by ad sales
• Reuters | Murdoch's News Corp could walk away from BSkyB
• Luke Johnson | Financial Times | BBC does business a dramatic disservice
• Guardian | And the percentage of people who would pay to use Twitter is...
• BBC | Newspaper review

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