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 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

The hard reality of the licence fee freeze came to bare today as the BBC announced its intention to shed 2,000 staff by 2016. Read the full story

BBC director general Mark Thompson is considering the sale of the Corporation’s White City building in west London, according to MediaGuardian. Read the full story

The director-general of the BBC has stressed that the press should not be regulated in the same way as broadcasters in response to the phone hacking scandal. Read the full story

Leaders in social media top this year’s MediaGuardian 100 power list, with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerburg edging out Twitter’s Jack Dorsey for the number one spot. Read the full story

There’s a storm brewing over the cuts facing the BBC World Service, after a cross-party collection of MPs demanded a U-turn on the decision to salvage the broadcaster’s global reputation. Read the full story

With the licence fee frozen for the next six years, and the added responsibility of funding the World Service due after 2014, the BBC’s director general, Mark Thompson, is facing tough decisions over how best to steer the Corporation to financial stability while still retaining the high quality expected from the public broadcaster. Read the full story