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Global ad expenditure will return to pre-recession peak level this year, according to ZenithOptimedia’s latest forecast.

Analysis of the NRS shows that there are 1.1 million average issue readers of the NotW (about15%) who do not read any other national newspaper – so there is a likelihood that many of these could be lost to the national press altogether.

The DCMS select committee has called Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks to give evidence to it next Tuesday.

According to a Toluna QuickSurveys and Newsline poll, only 6.5% of people bought the last edition of News of the World on Sunday who wouldn’t normally buy a copy.

BSkyB is in “robust shape” and could see 8% revenue growth in 2011/12 despite the on-going News Corporation saga, according to RBS forecasts.

Sky and ESPN have announced their live Premier League fixtures for 2011-12.

Jim Marshall on how the agency world reacted to the events that unfolded at News International week. One could argue that the words ‘rabbit’ and ‘headlights’ applied – the media agency world didn’t want to see NotW damaged, let alone go.

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has written to Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading to seek advice on News Corporation’s BSkyB takeover bid in light of the on-going News of the World saga.

Never underestimate a Murdoch to spring the ultimate surprise and deliver a bigger response to a crisis than any commentator would have forecast…

Aegis Group has acquired an initial 75% of the share capital of MediaVest Manchester.