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1. 61. BBC warns of threat to Salford mediacity

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 October 2006 THE BBC may abandon its é400m move to Salford if it does not get the licence fee increase it wants, the corporation's boss has warned. Director general Mark Thompson said "realistic funding" was essential.

2. 62. Axe falls on MediaCity bus service

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 September 2010 Salford council has slammed the government after cash to create a bus service to MediaCityUK was withdrawn.

3. 63. Crumbs! Hovis say Corrie MediaCity switch will hit their bread and butter

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 10 February 2011 They are both famous for their cobbled streets and cosy northern charm – but Coronation Street and Hovis are at loggerheads over plans to make them neighbours.

4. 64. From matchstalk men to buzzing MediaCity – that's Salford

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 05 May 2011 Made famous by LS Lowry’s paintings, Salford’s docks and factories were at the heart of Greater Manchester’s industrial revolution.

5. 65. Metrolink still not running to MediaCity after crash

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 30 September 2010 Metrolink services remain halted on the new spur to MediaCityUK – nine days after a tram crashed into a lamp post.

6. 66. BBC director general Mark Thompson says MediaCity to become 'magnet' to stars as 150 staff move in

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 May 2011 Up to 1,000 more jobs could be created at the BBC’s new Salford Quays base, top executives from the corporation revealed.

7. 67. BBC Breakfast presenters Sian Williams and Chris Hollins to quit after MediaCity move

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 March 2011 BBC Breakfast presenters Sian Williams and Chris Hollins are leaving the show after its move to Salford, it has been reported.

8. 68. Here's one we showed earlier: Blue Peter cut back from BBC1 schedules after Salford move

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 17 December 2011 The BBC's flagship children's show Blue Peter, which recently moved to MediaCity in Salford, is to be cut to just one regular edition a week - and its first showing will no longer be on BBC1.

9. 69. MediaCity boss steps down

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 November 2008 THE man brought in to oversee the setting up of the £500m media city complex at Salford Quays has quit just a year after being appointed. Brian Greasley has decided to step down as managing director of MediaCityUK.

10. 70. MediaCity will be world class, says new boss

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 07 July 2009 THE new head of Peel Group's prestigious £500m MediaCityUK development in Salford Quays was named today as the company insisted that the site's progress had not been hampered by the economic slowdown.

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