Young people on television are being misrepresented as “disrespectful” and living “unproductive and vacuous lives”, according to a survey commissioned by the BBC. Read the full story

The BBC’s director general of eight years, Mark Thompson, is “psychologically ready” to step down from his role sometime after the London 2012 Olympic games, according to insiders at the corporation. Read the full story

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten is expected to intervene in the Corporation’s cost-cutting process to prevent a £15m squeeze on local radio services and the redundancy of 280 staff. Read the full story

If you want tabloid tittle-tattle on your television, then look no further than Channel 5′s “unashamedly populist” news bulletins. Read the full story

The BBC has won the right to interview a terrorist suspect held for seven years without trial after a “ground-breaking” victory over the Government. Read the full story

BBC journalists can sleep soundly after the Corporation’s review into whether its journalists have used illegal methods to obtain information turned up empty handed. Read the full story

They might be sharing Formula One coverage next season, but Sky has moved quickly to ensure the BBC won’t be keeping hold of five of its key presenters. Read the full story

Footage running up to Muammar Gadaffi’s bloody end was not too graphic to broadcast, Ofcom has ruled, despite hundreds of complaints from viewers. Read the full story