Media Brief

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

The BBC reports that the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced new plans to roll out highspeed broadband to rural areas, and to scrap Labour's plans for news pilots to replace ITV's regional bulletins.

He'll also review the cross-media ownership rules stopping local newspapers owning local TV and radio companies according to the Guardian.

Lorraine Heggessey is stepping down after five years as chief executive of Talkback Thames, producer of Britain's Got Talent and The Apprentice, the Guardian reports. She was previously controller of BBC One. It's not known what she will do next.
https://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/08/lorraine-heggessey-talkback-thames
In the Guardian Maggie Brown examines what might happen to the BBC Trust under the new Government. Eight of the Trustees are coming to the end of their four-year terms in the autumn.

The BBC's newspaper review shows how Wednesday's papers heap praise on Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy who has announced he is to retire next March.

Links in full
• BBC | Government lays out fast net plan
• James Robinson | Guardian | Government confirms review of local media ownership rules
• Tara Conlan | Guardian | Lorraine Heggessey leaves Talkback Thames
• Maggie Brown | Guardian | BBC Trust's Sir Michael Lyons reaches out to Jeremy Hunt
• BBC | Newspaper review

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