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Media briefing Thursday 12 Sep 2013 g Top stories on MediaGuardian More » Mirror says it is being investigated over alleged phone hacking Publisher of Daily and Sunday Mirror says Met is investigating if it is 'criminally liable' for alleged hacking by previous employees Maria Miller issues final warning to BBC Trust after 'annus horribilis' Culture secretary says action is needed after string of controversies including £60m payoffs and Jimmy Savile scandal Channel 5 owner warns of regulation threat to public service broadcasters Richard Desmond says channels such as his face uncertain future trying to compete against rivals such as BSkyB, Google and Amazon. By Mark Sweney Rupert Murdoch's second grilling by parliamentary committee postponed News Corp lawyers and attorney general advise that questions might prejudice criminal cases Tina Brown steps down after tumultuous tenure at Daily Beast Brown, who oversaw disastrous merger with and subsequent divorce from Newsweek, leaves to set up new media company BBC payouts row: HR director faces calls to quit over 'sweetener' allegation Lucy Adams accused of using the term 'sweetener' to describe severance payments to senior staff. By Josh Halliday 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 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 Today's newspaper headlines More » Today's media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day's media stories, including the latest from the RTS Cambridge convention and the BBC payoff row Latest from the Media blog More » Why responsive ads are the future Cameron Hulett: Although single screen ads remain effective, it's time to embrace campaigns designed to work across multiple screens 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 Top comment on MediaGuardian More » Press regulation - Cameron is right to seek royal charter compromise Roy Greenslade calls on publishers and Hacked Off to get round a table and agree to create a Leveson-compliant regulator Media Monkey's pick of the day More » Arctic Monkeys frontman shows fancy footwork with Strictly's Susanna Reid | Media Monkey BBC Breakfast host Susanna Reid is yet to set foot in the ballroom in this year's Strictly Come Dancing, but she already appears to have been swept off her feet. According to the Telegraph, the twinkle-toed presenter has "raised eyebrows" over her "flirtatious" interview with the well-coiffed Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner. The paper carries three pictures of Reid wearing what some described as an "unusually casual denim jacket" – how very dare she! – and reported that she had told Turner, "I bet you look good on the dance floor". The paper goes on to report that viewers "suggested an undertone to their conversation". Whatever could they mean, the cheeky monkeys?!

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