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Media briefing Wednesday 11 Sep 2013 g Top stories on MediaGuardian More » Cameron urges Clegg and Miliband to give ground in press regulation talks PM criticises rival royal charter drawn up by some sections of press but also urges fellow party leaders to broker compromise We must stand up for the BBC | Tessa Jowell Tessa Jowell: The corporation is truly a public good. Its ownership and governance should be put beyond doubt David Attenborough: big BBC salaries are huge embarrassment Presenter says he fears row over payoffs could damage corporation and funding cut would be 'catastrophe' ITV broke alcohol advertising rules in You've Been Framed, says watchdog Broadcaster is the latest to be caught running alcohol ads during shows likely to appeal to children. By Mark Sweney Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode to unite Time Lords past and present BBC to air more than 20 hours of programmes, with Matt Smith and David Tennant to appear in feature-length special Telegraph Media Group hires PBS's Jason Seiken as chief content officer Editors of Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph will report to Seiken, a former editor-in-chief of Washington Post website. By Jason Deans Newsnight editor apologises for calling Labour MP 'boring snoring' Ian Katz describes his tweet about shadow cabinet member Rachel Reeves as 'ill-judged'. By John Plunkett and Josh Halliday Hugh Laurie and Sara Cox get Radio 2 shows as Steve Lamacq dropped House star and former BBC Radio 1 breakfast host to present new shows as Lamacq's Saturday night show axed in shakeup. By John Plunkett Today's newspaper headlines More » Today's media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day's media stories, including the latest on press regulation and the BBC payoff scandal Latest from the Media blog More » Changing British attitudes: press and politicians out, royal family in The British public has far less confidence in its institutions than it did thirty years ago – especially the media. Which public bodies have lost our trust? BBC severance payments row: a drama with no happy endings Emily Bell: Red-faced executives sat shoulder to shoulder, barely controlling their animosity toward one another, during a systematic grilling by MPs BBC payoffs row: will the PAC hearing damage broadcaster's independence? Steve Hewlett: Mark Thompson, Lord Patten and others will come under fire and questions about governance will abound Top comment on MediaGuardian More » BBC gets the thumbs down from national newspapers Roy Greenslade on the press coverage of the select committee grilling of the BBC chiefs Media Monkey's pick of the day More » BBC has no sense of the value of money, says Michael Grade | Media Monkey Former BBC chairman Michael Grade speaks from a position of authority when he says that the embattled broadcaster has lost the value of money. "It's like the son of a rich family. You don't have to work and get an allowance every week – you don't learn the value of money," said Grade, who – as the Daily Mail's mischievous Ephraim Hardcastle column points out – famously turned up as a 17-year-old at the Daily Mirror in his wealthy family's Rolls-Royce.

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