Media Brief

I'm the BBC's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what you need to know.

More people trust the news on radio than on the internet and TV, according to Ofcom's survey of media literacy[PDF]. People in Northern Ireland are the most cautious about the internet reports the BBC and the Telegraph.

Alexander Lebedev has given his first interview to the Guardian about his plans for the Independent. His son Evgeny, who chairs the new Independent company, has given a slightly different view in his first interview in the Financial Times[subscription required].

According to the Daily Mail a BBC executive has reportedly been cut out of their parents' will after their salary was revealed to be over £100,000. The backlash over executive pay was discussed by the BBC's chief creative officer Pat Younge in the staff magazine Ariel.

The BBC newspaper review highlights that some of the newspapers are busy trying to predict the new chancellor's budget plans.

Links in full

Ofcom | UK Adults' Media Literacy
Caroline Gammell | Telegraph | Radio news 'more trustworthy than TV'
BBC | Ofcom: Northern Ireland people cautious about internet
Luke Harding | Guardian | Alexander Lebedev: 'I'm thinking about alliances'
Esther Bintliff | Financial Times | Looking for more than just paper profits
Daily Mail | BBC executive is cut out of parents' will after £100,000 salary is disclosed
BBC | Newspaper review

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