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THE JOB NO ONE WANTS
Who will replace Tim Davie as BBC director-general? The leading contenders are unlikely to fancy a large pay cut to take such an unappealing job.

CENSOR SHAME
Beyond the Panorama cock-up, there were other damning accusations in the Prescott report – including over the corporation's coverage of trans issues.

KNITTING NEEDLE
Channel 4's Game of Wool is in a tangle after a knitting organisation it had consulted complained that its input had been "completely ignored".

WHITE NOISE
GB News has a new presenter in young activist Charlie Downes – who on X has claimed that "what is desirable is an ethnically homogenous Christian Britain".

AD NAUSEAM
The Christmas TV ads are already in and everybody's talking about them – but the interesting question is: why are they?

NAKED AGGRESSION
Cosmetics giant L'Oréal has been letting its lawyers loose again on small businesses whose names are similar to its own products.

ARTS NEWS
More chaos at Arts Council England, whose scheme to help freelancers develop projects will now be "paused" until spring.

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