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Evening Standard-owner Alexander Lebedev has bought the Independent and Independent on Sunday for £1 from Irish publishers Independent News & Media.

Five radio stations in the south west have been closed following months of uncertainty over their ownership.

ITV1’s Live FA Cup Football coverage secured the majority of the prime time ratings last night, ahead of BBC One’s new one-off Panorama special, Chocolate: The Bitter Truth.

Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has announced the winners of the contracts for the three regional news pilots in Scotland, Wales and the Tyne Tees/Border region.

Mobile data traffic overtook voice calls during December 2009, according to network equipment vendor Ericsson.

Simultaneous use of the internet while watching TV hit three and a half hours a month in the US in the last quarter of 2009, according to the latest Nielsen Company Three Screen Report.

A broker’s note from RBS this morning suggests that ITV is due to see a boost in advertising in the short term – up by 29% in April, 27% in May, and up by an even higher 32% in June, according to UK media buyers.

Freesat has claimed its millionth customer after winning over customers from BSkyB.

BBC One banked a peak-run from 7.30pm onwards last night with Eastenders, Holby City and Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds.

Clear Channel Outdoor will be turning off the lights at offices and landmark sites at 8.30pm for one hour this Saturday as part of a global campaign to raise awareness of climate change.