Media Brief

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

The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said in an interview with the Observer that it was clear to most people that more BBC employees would vote Labour or Lib Dem than Conservative. He also said the BBC had been out of touch with public opinion in the recent past and shown leftwing bias on Europe, immigration and Northern Ireland. The paper says he praised much that the BBC does, and said its journalists put their commitment to fair-minded reporting above "political affiliations".

The Telegraph says the BBC has chosen Huw Edwards to lead its coverage of the Royal wedding. According to "BBC sources", the newsreader was favoured over David Dimbleby, the voice of State occasions for several decades, ending a long family tradition. The late Richard Dimbleby commentated on the coronation in 1953 and the funeral of George VI.

The blonde Russian accused of being a spy also worked for the BBC, the Daily Mail reports. Katia Zatuliveter was employed as a researcher on a major documentary in Moscow four months before she was arrested on suspicion of espionage.

ITV and Channel 4 shows such as Coronation Street and The Inbetweeners will soon be available to watch via Sony's PlayStation 3 games consoles for the first time reports the Guardian. The broadcasters are following in the footsteps of the BBC's iPlayer.

Fans of the Archers will be shocked by the 60th anniversary episode, according to its editor Vanessa Whitburn. She tells the Guardian a special 30-minute anniversary episode will be broadcast on 2 January and it will "shake Ambridge to the core".

Jeremy Vine is to step down as presenter of Panorama at the end of the year, after four years reports the Guardian. The programme is to go without a regular presenter.

Former painter and decorator Matt Cardle was crowned winner of The X Factor last night. Figures out today are expected to show it reached a record audience reports the BBC.

The BBC's newspaper review says many of the papers lead with the news that the man suspected of a suicide bombing in Sweden on Saturday had links to the UK.

Links in full

• Guardian | Jeremy Hunt accuses BBC staff of leftwing bias
• Telegraph | Royal wedding: Huw Edwards to lead BBC's coverage
• Daily Mail | 'Russian spy' Katia Zatuliveter worked for the BBC before she got job with MP
• Guardian | PlayStation 3 adds ITV and Channel 4 shows to on-demand lineup
• Guardian | Fans of The Archers should prepare for a shock
• Guardian | Jeremy Vine to step down as Panorama presenter
• BBC | Matt Cardle crowned X Factor winner
• BBC | Newspapers review

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