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The BBC is poised to sell its selection of UK-based magazines, including such titles as BBC Good Food, Gardening World, Top Gear and Radio Times. The corporation is looking to cut over $150 million USD in overhead costs and evidently plans to accomplish this by "looking to move away from physical media" and focusing more deeply on digital media as well as looking overseas for merger opportunities. The BBC has already begun stripping itself of media such as audio books, non-BBC channels outside the UK and two radio stations. It also cut the number of websites it owns by half, resulting in an estimated loss of 600 jobs.

The BBC is proposing large cuts of its online operations after critics from the Conservative Party and its commercial rivals have claimed that its public funding gives it an unfair advantage over other operations

BBC fights pressures to privatize Worldwide; defends connection between domestic and international ventures

"Online news has become more popular than reading newspapers in the US, according to a Pew Research survey. It is the third most popular form of news, behind local and national TV stations, the Pew Research Center said."

The XBox moves into cable TV turf. What does it mean for the industry?

In the first case of its kind, an Australian court has ruled that an internet service provider cannot be responsible for illegal downloading. iiNet, Australia's third largest ISP, was taken to court by a group of 34 movie production houses. The group included the Australian divisions of Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox. They claimed that iiNet was guilty of copyright infringement for not preventing illegal downloads of films.

Discusses the challenges of charging readers for online news content, including competition between pay and free sites for readers.

Local musicians in countries like Spain, which does not regulate the downloading of music and movies, are really hurting. Such countries run the risk of becoming "cultural deserts," because the only reason people make music is the money.