Advertising revenues for the World Cup will break the $1bn barrier for the first time, according to media agency ZenithOptimedia. - The Observer, 9 April
Marco Benatti, former manager of WWP's Italian arm, is filing a criminal defamation complaint in Italy against his ex boss, WWP's chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell. - Financial Times, 7 April
Dennis Publishing is rumoured to be planning to sell the bulk of its American operations, a move that could net the publisher £229m. Insiders claim that the publisher has hired investment bank Allen & Co to handle the sale. Both parties have so far declined to comment. - The Financial Times, 7 April
China has announced an end to partnerships with foreign publishers wanting to launch magazines in the country, in a bid to help domestic media firms to expand. The move came as China ordered Rolling Stone to close after just one issue, and as Time Warner announced plans for a Chinese sports title. - The Guardian, 7 April
ITV chief executive Charles Allen is calling for an overhaul of TV advertising to reflect the rise of new media. He wants to abolish contracts rights renewal, which links ad rates on ITV1 to audience figures and prevents the broadcaster from arbitrarily raising prices. - The Sunday Times, 9 April
It is doubtful that Trinity Mirror will find a chairman to replace Sir Victor Blank before he steps down at next month's annual meeting, leaving the newspaper publisher with a prospective power vacuum. - The Daily Telegraph, 5 April
David Montgomery, former chief executive of the Mirror Group, has bought a group of Dutch newspapers for £140m, through his investment company Mecom. The acquisition of media group LMG came after the purchase of German publishers Berlin Verlag and Hamburger Morgenpost. - Financial Times, 6 April
Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse is this week expected to announce a deal to offer broadband for free as part of a bundle with its Talk Talk Landline service in a bid to grow its base of around 75,000 broadband customers. - The Sunday Times, 9 April
Sky could attract customers with cheap broadband. Challenging BT, the move would indicate the pay-TV leader's desire to gain a share in the market for broadband services over telephone lines. - The Guardian, 7 April
Video-sharing website YouTube (www.youtube.com) has been growing by word-of-mouth but needs to work on an advertising business model, says research firm IDC. The site won new funding worth $8m from venture capital Sequoia Capital, which has backed Yahoo and Google in the past. Financial Times, 6 April.
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