BBC in the news, Wednesday

FT, Sun, Telegraph, Guardian: Labour criticises the BBC for internal e-mail which offered journalists a £100 bonus for breaking stories on the "cash for peerages" investigation. [The BBC said the offer, which had been a one-off, had been inappropriate and had been withdrawn, and that staff would continue to cover the story impartially.] (Link (subscription), link, link, link.)

International Herald Tribune: BBC Urdu service journalist who had been kidnapped in Pakistan released safely. (Link)