Bake Off spat, iPlayer passwords, Ofcom on diversity

The Great British Bake Off: sticky issue between BBC and Channel 4? Photograph: Tom Graham/Love Productions/Tom Graham/BBC

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Channel 4’s Bake Off swoop aids those seeking its privatisation, says BBC boss

Bake Off will be a ‘total disaster’ on Channel 4, says Lord Sugar

BBC denies iPlayer password plans are part of licence fee crackdown

TV industry could face ‘harder diversity targets’, says Ofcom chief

Sam Allardyce leaves England manager job after Telegraph sting

Why the Daily Telegraph’s Sam Allardyce sting was justified | Roy Greenslade

Presidential debate breaks US ratings record in Clinton-Trump face-off

Anti-begging posters banned over ‘negative stereotypes’

Carlsberg’s Stuart Pearce ad gets red card for dangerous play

Sir Cliff Richard will not be charged after accusers’ appeal is rejected

Damned review – Jo Brand brings black humour to children’s social services

How we made Modern Family

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The Sun: reportedly banned from Labour party conference in Liverpool. Photograph: Clive Gee/PA

Labour bans copies of the Sun from its annual conference in Liverpool (Press Gazette)

News UK chief operating officer Dinsmore says £220m move into radio puts the Sun on firmer financial footing (Press Gazette)

Women are leading the war against offensive adverts deemed offensive, according to ASA research (Mail)

Almost half of British consumers choose to ignore brands on social media (Marketing Week)

Peep Show US writers on adapting the hit UK comedy (WSJ)

South Park irks White House and Scientology with trolling mobile billboards (Hollywood Reporter)

How NPR factchecked the US presidential debate in real time (NiemanLab)

And finally...

In today’s extract from Jeremy Paxman’s book, the former Newsnight presenter reveals how guests were delicately dropped from the show.

Paxman on standing down guests - a delicate task, best done by the peerless Newsnight star booker Hannah MacInnes pic.twitter.com/n2n06BmDtn

— Jamie Angus (@grvlx001) September 28, 2016