Just three weeks to go before a very big British media day. September 9 sees both the Old Bailey trial of Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson (and seven others), and the second Public Accounts Committee session on BBC severance pay.
The Commons committee will effectively pitch former DG Mark Thompson and his then senior non-exec Marcus Agius against former BBC chair Sir Michael Lyons and his right-hand finance trustee Antony Fry, over "maximum" pay-offs, particularly to Mark Byford and Sharon Baylay. A row in front of the committee surely has to be avoided - but are back channels open ? And who might mediate ?
Meanwhile Mr Fry is getting his feet under the table in his new role as Chairman of the Premier League (which also puts him on the board of the FA). Pictured right with another big football fan, at the opening of Wigan's Youth Zone.
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