New private TV station launched in Senegal
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 2 2010, 1.33pm
Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, who owns a major media group in Dakar, has launched his private television station after a difference with the authorities over its finance. (more)

Ben Collins is The Stig: Top Gear driver revealed as SAS hero
From Daily Mail. Posted September 2 2010, 1.23pm
Ben Collins was part of the renowned 23 SAS, where he acted as a driving instructor, having previously trained in hand-to-hand combat. (more)

Miliband brothers fight for Labour leadership to be dramatised by Channel 4
From Daily Mail. Posted September 2 2010, 12.55pm
Channel 4 will screen a film about the pair's rise to political power on the eve of the announcement of the leadership election later this month. (more)

BBC had “massive bias to left”: director general
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 2 2010, 12.52pm
The director general of the BBC admitted today that his organisation had been guilty of a “massive bias to the left” but said “a completely different generation” of journalists now works at the broadcaster. (more)

ITV Studios appoints new head of arts
From The Stage. Posted September 2 2010, 12.50pm
(more)

'End Of The Road' For Driver's Stig Career
From Sky News. Posted September 2 2010, 12.50pm
The career of racing driver Ben Collins as Top Gear's The Stig is likely to have skidded to a halt following his High Court battle with the BBC, sources are saying. (more)

More4 to go behind the scenes of The Habit of Art as part of autumn line-up
From The Stage. Posted September 2 2010, 12.10pm
(more)

Afghan bank 'to avoid collapse'
From BBC News. Posted September 2 2010, 11.34am
The head of Afghanistan's Central Bank tells the BBC he will not allow the country's biggest commercial bank to collapse. (more)

TV ratings: Tony Blair takes 1.8 million on journey on BBC2
From Media Guardian. Posted September 2 2010, 11.18am
Tony Blair Interview with Andrew Marr about former prime minister's memoirs A Journey attract 9.5% audience shareAndrew Marr's interview with Tony Blair about his memoir A Journey attracted just under 2 million viewers on BBC2 last night, Wednesday 1 September. (more)

Joint unions vote for strike action across the BBC
From New Statesman. Posted September 2 2010, 10.59am
Strike action received "overwhelming backing" with more than 90 per cent in favour. (more)

ITN opens new bureau in Dubai for ITV News
From New Statesman. Posted September 2 2010, 10.51am
The new bureau comes as the broadcaster reduces its presence in Africa and shuffles its foreign correspondents. (more)

Apple launches new TV service
From UTalk Marketing. Posted September 2 2010, 10.32am
New player in the sector... (more)

Apple's Ping reviewed
From Media Guardian. Posted September 2 2010, 10.21am
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs ups company's social media game with Ping – a music recommendation and sharing feature that has been added to the latest version of iTunesApple has ditched the CD in the iTunes logo, upgraded its iPod range and revamped Apple TV, as we learned last night. (more)

More than 2,000 BBC journalists vote for strike action
From Press Gazette. Posted September 2 2010, 10.00am
More than 2,000 journalists working for the BBC have voted in favour of strike action in protest at planned reforms to their pension scheme. (more)

BBC Guilty Of 'Massive Bias To The Left'
From Sky News. Posted September 2 2010, 10.00am
The BBC used to have a "massive bias to the left", the broadcaster's director general Mark Thompson has declared. (more)