The new Prime Minister complained in his first TV interview in No 10 that the difference between the lowest-paid and highest-paid at the BBC was "more like 50 times", when it should be no more than 20-fold. ![]() The signs are that David Cameron won't go easy on the BBC despite the Lib-Dem coalition. Next Tuesday is the deadline for responses to the BBC's strategy review after director-general Mark Thompson unveiled plans to close radio stations 6 Music and Asian Network. DCMS has already started telling cultural bosses it is cutting grants. Interesting fact for those pinning hope on the Conservatives to liberalise media policy: not only has Jeremy Hunt got the job as Culture Secretary as expected but also his DCMS ministry is the sole Government department - apart from Northern Ireland - with just Tory ministers and no Lib-Dems. SPONSORED City pad or country retreat: what kind of home can £800,000 buy you? Cost-of-living crisis makes UK workers restless for new jobs.The Hut Group shares plunge as it walks away from Apollo takeover talks.FTSE 100 Live: ‘Inflation at a turning point’ - FTSE closes up 0.3% despite weak GDP.Gallows humour from Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger who joked before the Media Show recording that "we're still here, we're still solvent". Radio 4 should have a re-match with two tabloid editors. ![]() Nor was there discussion about the rise of free titles such as Metro and this newspaper which shows there remains a great appetite for print. ![]() There's no doubt that journalism faces major financial problems in the internet age but the debate failed to discuss tabloid papers which are still thriving, with The Sun bringing in record revenues and the Daily Mail and Mirror generating big profits. Witherow, who loves his new Apple iPad so much he brought it along, wasn't confident his print version would be around in 20 years either. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.
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