Media Brief
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|11:12 UK time, Friday, 16 April 2010
I'm the BBC's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what you need to know.
The BBC reports all three main parties claim their man "won" the first TV election prime-ministerial debate.
Amid acres of coverage and analysis, there's wide agreement that Nick Clegg improved his position including from the Telegraph and the Guardian.
The BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones tracked Twitter and other electronic monitors. 36,483 people tweeted.
The Guardian reports that Ofcom has announced some deregulation of commercial radio, allowing stations to co-locate and cut local programming. But the radio industry say it doesn't go far enough.
The science writer Simon Singh discusses on Radio 4's Today Programme the cost of winning his lengthy libel battle.
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Most papers think Nick Clegg won the election debate and devote pages to the grounding of all planes by volcano ash as reflected in the BBC newspaper review.
Links in full
BBC | Nick Clegg had good TV election debate, says Cameron 
Robert Winnett | Telegraph | Nick Clegg's star rises in great showdown
Patrick Wintour | Guardian | Nick Clegg seizes his moment in the TV spotlightRory Cellan-Jones | BBC | Debate Part 1: How it unfolded onlineMark Sweney | Guardian | Ofcom: commercial radio can slash local programmingSimon Singh | BBC | Today Programme Libel cases 'crazy'BBC | Newspaper review
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