Media Brief

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

The government's Central Office of Information is to cut 40% of its staff as it cuts back heavily on advertising. The BBC reports 287 advertising and marketing jobs will go.

The Financial Times says [subscription required] the Government's advertising cutback will have a big impact on traditional media.

ITV's chief executive Adam Crozier set out his five-year turn around strategy, including a return to pay-TV, but the Telegraph says analysts remain unconvinced.

The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected more than a thousand complaints about the first TV commercial to offer advice on abortion services. The "Are you late?" campaign for the Marie Stopes charity prompted a further three thousand complaints via petitions and postcards reports the BBC and the Guardian.

The BBC's newspaper review says several papers focus on David Cameron's revelation that council house tenants may not be able to expect a "home for life".

Links in full

• BBC | Government advertising budget slashed
• Financial Times | Coalition halves advertising spend
• Rupert Neate | Telegraph | Adam Crozier spells out a future for ITV beyond advertising
• Mark Sweney | Guardian | ASA clears Marie Stopes TV ad
• BBC | Newspaper review

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