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

Radio stations have been flouting Ofcom’s guidelines for too long, and now the regulator is upping its game to bring decency back to the airwaves. Read the full story

Ofcom has put the skids under News Corp’s bid to overtake BSkyB according to BBC business editor Robert Peston, who says the watchdog will now have to determine whether or not Rupert Murdorch’s company is a “fit and proper” media owner. Read the full story

The escalating nature of the phone hacking scandal has put renewed pressure on Jeremy Hunt to block Rupert Murdoch’s attempts to buy out BSkyB. Read the full story

The BBC complaints system should be reformed so that Ofcom has the final say on impartiality and accuracy concerns, a Lords inquiry has concluded. Read the full story

In December Ofcom lifted the ban on product placement in UK programming, and now the industry regulator has revealed more details in how it hopes to keep viewers aware they are watching a program carrying surreptitious adverts for products. Read the full story

Commercial channels such as ITV could be set to receive a financial shot in the arm after Ofcom relieved British television’s ban on product placement, meaning brands will now be allowed to feature in programmes. Read the full story

Blocking News Corporation’s bid to take over BSkyB could “jeopardise” jobs, according to the chief executive of News Corp in Europe and Asia, James Murdoch. Read the full story