Today's media stories from the papers
Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk AOL buys Huffington Post for $315m Ariana Huffington sells her site to AOL for $315m and becomes editor-in-chief of AOL's content Julian Assange in court for extradition hearing WikiLeaks founder wanted for questioning in Sweden in connection with rape and molestation allegations Anonymous attacks US security company HBGary chief Aaron Barr's Twitter account hijacked and personal details leaked in revenge for infiltration of hacking collective This week's featured media jobs BBC Worldwide - Editor London/permanent/full time Net-a-Porter - Production Manager London/permanent/full time Sky - Research Executive London/permanent/full time For more jobs, career advice and workplace news visit guardianjobs.co.uk Today's headlines The Guardian Top Gear offends again - this time, Albania. P1 Italian TV presenter urges tomato boycott. P15 Obituary: TV actor Margaret John. P31 Richard Madeley and Judy Finnegan interview. G2 P1, 6-8 Media Guardian Al-Jazeera's world news revolution. P1, 2 Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is a ratings winner, but the Traveller community feel betrayed. P3 Dan Sabbagh: The battle for TV football rights. P4 Steve Hewlett: News Corp's BSkyB bid may be better off in Jeremy Hunt's hands. P4 EMI: discordant and going for a song. P6 Interview with Tiger Aspect chairman Peter Bennett-Jones. P7 The Independent WikiLeaks founder threatens to sue Guardian for libel. P2 David Blunkett was victim of phone-hacking. P6, 7 Consultant moving BBC to Salford is based in US. P26 Israeli soldier faces jail for passing secrets to reporter. P28 Google seeks to avert EU probe. P38 Stephen Glover: Labour still reaching out to Rupert Murdoch. Viewspaper P2 Wikipedia dominated by men. Viewspaper P12, 13 Daily Telegraph Anna Ford joins BBC ageism debate. P1, 8 Julian Assange's lawyers fight extradition. P4 Romanian immigrants 'selling Big Issue to gain benefits'. P10 Consultant moving BBC to Salford is based in US. P12 The Times Consultant moving BBC to Salford is based in US. P26 Obituary: Journalist Louis McRedmond. P48 Financial Times Interview with US informercial king Anthony Sullivan. P14 Epic film battle on the home front. P20 Google tries new angle on hiring. P20 Wall Street Journal Europe Executive shakeup is weighed at Nokia. P19 Can iPhone dethrone BlackBerry? P27 Mobile wallets poised for European takeoff. P27 Daily Mail BBC's £1bn exodus. P13, 14 David Dimbleby in standoff with BBC over renewal of £3.35m deal. P13 Daily Express Consultant moving BBC to Salford is based in US. P6 Cheryl Cole's £10m job on The X Factor USA. P27 EMI bid to tempt Clive Calder. P44 The Sun Simon Cowell pays £1.9m for The X Factor USA ad during Super Bowl. P13 Yell updates JR Hartley TV ad. P25 Dancing on Ice coverage. TV Biz P1 Interview with Eric Mabius on BBC sci-fi series Outcasts. TV Biz P1 Daily Mirror Paul O'Grady tells Channel 4 to kick Frankie Boyle off air. P6 More than 100 million people watch The X Factor USA ad during Super Bowl. P9 Daily Star Jamie Oliver banned from filming in Los Angeles schools. P3 Trevor Phillips backs Top Gear presenters in Mexico row. P9 BBC 'set to spend £157m on taxis and hotels'. P9 And finally ... Where might one of the UK's top pornography entrepreneurs advertise for housekeeping staff? Where else but in The Lady magazine, of course. "Couple required, £750/£775 per week + long term bonus plus two-bedroomed self-contained flat, plus sole use of own car." Not much colour so far - or hints about where that paycheck might be coming from. But read on... "I like my house to be run like and look like a five-star hotel - but in an informal way. I am the publisher of Sport Newspapers, as well as current chairman of West Ham Football Club..." That'll be David Sullivan then. Hunting out that gem in the latest edition, the Independent's Matthew Normal asked if his newsagent had any copies of The Lady. "Everything we have like that is up there," said his newsagent, gesturing towards the top shelf. The Independent P9 Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today Al-Jazeera's coverage of Egypt protests may hasten revolution in world news Al-Jazeera English is enjoying new-found global popularity in the wake of the chaos in Egypt Channel 4's big fat Gypsy ratings winner Behind the vast viewing figures, Big Fat Gypsy Weddings has angered Travellers. So is the series more fiction than fact? Top Gear targets Albania Jeremy Clarkson and co-presenters using an episode filmed mostly in the country to 'joke' that it is a nest of mafia car thieves Nokia 'planning executive shakeup' Stephen Elop considering shakeout of Nokia's executive board as he prepares for tieup with Microsoft, according to report More IPC Media titles may be sold Report suggests that Time Warner is considering new IPC Media sales Italian TV presenter urges viewers to stop buying Pachino tomatoes RAI broadcaster angers Italian ministers by claiming the mafia controls the Pachino trade and has pushed up prices Andy Gray reaches Sky settlement after sacking for sexist behaviour Andy Gray and Sky have reportedly reached a compensation agreement after the pundit was fired for sexist behaviour Sunday Tribune editor outraged by fake Irish Mail on Sunday MoS copies masthead from Tribune, the paper in receivership, in order to win over its readers Super Bowl advertisers likely to pay $100,000 a second Revenue from ads during the game is expected to top $210m, with audience likely to smash last year's record of 106.5 million Andy Coulson knew about phone hacking, ex-colleague told MPs Former News of the World executive said ex-editor probably told others to use illegal technique
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