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I'm the Â鶹Éç's media correspondent and this is my brief selection of what's going on.

WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell says "mild expansion" is replacing the "fear phase" that gripped markets last year. The world's largest advertising group reports a 36 % increase in half-year profits to £244m reports the Â鶹Éç.

The that the Church of England says the Â鶹Éç should appoint a religion editor to act as a "trusted guide". It praises the Â鶹Éç's religious output in a submission to the Â鶹Éç Trust review of Radio 3, Radio 4 and Â鶹Éç7.

The Harper Collins has accused the Â鶹Éç of using licence fee money to gag a book by Top Gear's secret driver The Stig. The Â鶹Éç says the book breaches confidentiality obligations.

The over "TV trickery" on ITV1's X Factor. It claims Autotune has been widely used, both to improve and worsen singers' performances.

The editor of music magazine Future Music tells the Â鶹Éç that sound engineers say Autotune is used in 99% of recorded music.

In his blog, the Â鶹Éç arts editor Will Gompertz asks in his blog what's the problem?

The Â鶹Éç Newspaper review shows some papers carry pictures of one of the miners found alive in Chile after being trapped underground.

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• Â鶹Éç | WPP profits hit £244m as advertising market strengthens
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• Â鶹Éç | Top Gear Stig legal wrangle goes to court
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• Â鶹Éç | How commonplace is autotune?
• Will Gompertz | Â鶹Éç | Who cares about autotune?
• Â鶹Éç | Newspaper review

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