BBC Director General Greg Dyke used to think Rupert Murdoch's media empire was 'a threat to freedom'. Murdoch, in turn, said that the BBC was 'bad for broadcasting'.

Yet this unlikely couple - who head the two cornerstones of Britain's broadcasting industry - have just climbed into bed together. Has the collapse of ITV Digital, and the subsequent joining of forces between Sky and the Beeb, created an unholy alliance ... or a change for the better?

TV's latest odd couple
Chris Horrie , author of Citizen Greg, reports.

Are the wheels coming off at Channel 4?
Things aren't looking great at C4. The old regime's too-rapid expansion is being blamed for new cutbacks and job losses in the station's bid to survive, reports David Rowan.

Dear Suzi - please tell me you're not faking
The Sunday Telegraph's sex columnist, Suzi Gossard, has been revealed as a spoof - but hooked readers and fellow journalists alike, says Michael Pilgrim.

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