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Media briefing Thursday 05 Sep 2013 g Top stories on MediaGuardian More » UN: press should not be 'intimidated into silence' over state secrets UN representatives criticise UK government following detention of David Miranda, and call for public debate over NSA revelations. By Josh Halliday BBC agreed to fund £687k payoff after executive's move to commercial arm NAO report reveals senior managers were paid nearly £2m more than they were contractually obliged to over three-year period. By John Plunkett BBC's Mark Thompson feared public backlash over 'enormous' Byford payout Deputy DG Mark Byford eventually received just over £1m in 2011, but controversial sum could have as high as £2.5m. By John Plunkett Rupert Murdoch's co-operation with police 'extraordinary', says Sun reporter Chris Pollard, who spent almost a year on bail for allegedly handling stolen phone, also condemns arrests of colleagues. By Josh Halliday Jeff Bezos pledges financial support at first Washington Post staff meeting Speaking to staff for the first time on Tuesday, Amazon founder pledged his financial support for management to 'experiment' Tesco criticised over 'misleading' horsemeat ad Advertising watchdog says campaign attempted to shift blame to 'the whole food industry' rather than just supermarket chain. By Mark Sweney Media Talk podcast: Spotify, the Sun, ITV News, MediaGuardian 100 John Plunkett welcomes James Robinson and Paul Robinson to discuss developments at Spotify, the Sun on Sunday, ITV News and the BBC Ad break: Audi, Guinness, Hyundai, Qatar Airways, TalkTalk, the Sun Latest ads including for Audi by acclaimed director Jonathan Glazer, Qatar Airlines with Barcelona footballers, a Guinness in Tahiti and Jamie Oliver offering recipes to Sun readers. By Jason Stone Today's newspaper headlines More » Today's media stories from the papers Our roundup of the day's media stories, including the latest on the BBC payoffs row and UN intervenes on press freedom Latest from the Media blog More » Local TV steps up activity ahead of launch Maggie Brown: New franchises discuss their plans for low-cost programming – and how to make it commercially viable Thompson's business ideas face mixed reaction from New York Times staff Lisa O'Carroll: Controversial money-making plans include cruise to Europe with editors and reporters, and multi-tiered pay options BBC Newsnight should brace for change as Ian Katz takes over Steve Hewlett: Ex-Guardian deputy editor faces plenty of challenges as he takes over a show still recovering from the Jimmy Savile saga Top comment on MediaGuardian More » Syria and The Sun - paper couldn't speak for readers and for Rupert Murdoch Trevor Kavanagh's column attacks party leaders but his own newspaper also failed the people, argues Roy Greenslade Media Monkey's pick of the day More » MasterChef's Gregg Wallace turns om-nivore | Media Monkey Following his alleged set-to with a diner in a luxury Worcestershire hotel, Gregg Wallace has turned to meditation to cool his fiery temper. The MasterChef presenter tweeted on Tuesday: "Got back had a go at 5 minutes meditation relaxing technique. Resulted in 30 minutes sleeping. Should have known." One of his followers replied: "Meditation and you!! Would be less suprised at our Biff taking up ballroom dancing. Good for you son xx". The Sun reports a source as saying: "Gregg may be on TV these days, but at heart he's a bloke from south London who's been in the odd scrap. He decided he needed a way of keeping cool and someone suggested he should try meditation, so he gave it a go." Relaxation doesn't get tougher than this.

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