BBC, Banksy, Ofcom, Johnston Press: The Sunday Round-up
It's the bank holiday weekend, so to save you dashing to the grab the Sunday papers or trawling the internet The Drum has grabbed the best of today's media news in our Sunday Round-up.
• Licence to kill
The BBC will have to divert as much as £100m a year of licence-fee money into its pension fund after it discovered a £1billion "black hole", worsened by gold-plated payouts to staff, reports the Sunday Times.
• A sorry story
Graffiti artist Banksy gave a £200,000 painting to a band after he accidentally "stole" their name as the title to his new film, Exit Through the Gift Shop reports the Sunday Telegraph.
• Clean up your acts
Record numbers of TV viewers and radio listeners are making official complaints to Ofcom about unacceptable levels of swearing in programmes, says the Mail on Sunday.
• Expenses claim
The Daily Telegraph has claimed the crown of Newspaper of the Year at this years London Press Club Annual Awards. Not surprisingly it also took the Scoop of the Year award for breaking the MP's expenses story.
The Times Online lists the 40 bloggers who really count. Find out who they are and read their stuff.
• Over ambitious
The last remaining Johnston family member Freddie Johnston stepped down yesterday after 51 years on the board of Johnston Press and told the Herald: “We should have trimmed our ambitions.”
• To 3D or not to 3D
Tom Lamont dons expensive hi-tech shades and tunes into what manufacturers hope is the future of television in the Observer.
• Coffee ad break
Nescafe is set to bring back its loving neighbours advertising campaign tomorrow, take a sneaky peak at the Sunday Express.
• EMI needs a Hand
The boss of music giant EMI Guy Hands has been given 12 days to raise fresh funds or risk losing control of the company says the Sunday Times.