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I'm the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on. Some content may need a subscription.

The Government has deferred until 2013 a decision on whether future home England Ashes Test matches will be available on free-to-air television the .

The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú reports young people rarely see positive portrayals of lesbian and gay people on television, according to an analysis by Stonewall.

Facebook now has more than 500 million users, gaining 100m in the past six months the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú reports.

The that it was a record year at the cinema box office, according to the UK Film Council

Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 will be shown on Freeview by TopUp TV. It's charging less than BT and Virgin, which will also carry the channels after an OFT ruling. But it means further confusion for the "Free" view concept .

The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Trust has charged hotel and travel expenses of £36,000 after "refusing to move to London", . But the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú says the Trust's expenses fell.

The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Trust members have "embraced the age of austerity" by slashing expenditure on entertaining, travel and accommodation by 20% to just over £60,000.

The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú newspaper review says that the papers focus on the performances of David Cameron and Nick Clegg on either side of the Atlantic.

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