Bake Off sponsorship, Ed Balls, Gary Lineker

Mary Berry won’t be joining Paul Hollywood when the show moves to Channel 4. Photograph: Mark Bourdillon/BBC/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon

MediaGuardian’s top stories

Channel 4 to start sponsorship bids at £8m for Great British Bake Off

Ed Balls survives for another week on Strictly Come Dancing

Dad’s Army creator Jimmy Perry dies

Gary Lineker defends Twitter views as the Sun gives him red card

Anti-smoking experts to sue Times for claims of tobacco payouts

Trump and Clinton camps raise concerns over AT&T-Time Warner deal

‘Assumptions other titles make about young men are flawed’ says Joe.co.uk boss

New York Times review pans series – but then admits critic saw it in wrong order

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Strictly’s Len Goodman: shuffling off at the end of this series. Photograph: Ian West/PA

Strictly bosses in secret talks to line up surprise replacement for Len Goodman (Mirror)

UK newspapers team up to combat falling revenues (Financial Times, £)

Bake Off’s Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood don’t make the technical cakes they show off on telly (Mirror)

The Young Pope debuts to stellar ratings in Italy (Variety)

And finally...

NatWest’s new ad: ‘We are thoughtless.’ Photograph: Youtube

Has Natwest made the best ad ever, or is it just a clever way of avoiding customer complaints?