MediaGuardian’s top stories
Government backs down on revealing pay of BBC stars
League of Gentlemen star hints at ‘Brexity’ return to TV screens
Indian Summers or Strictly? Race divide in TV viewing habits revealed
BBC kept Olympics as Discovery feared backlash if it withdrew rights
Westworld beats Game of Thrones and Fortitude to biggest Sky Atlantic debut
Questioning of Julian Assange by Swedish authorities postponed
BT’s Ryan Reynolds ad banned after Virgin Media complaint
Facebook censors Le Monde’s mammogram screening photo
Best of the rest
Ipso external review finds press regulator is independent, effective and largely compliant with Leveson (Press Gazette)
Playboy launches nudity-free magazine on Apple iTunes, Google Play (Variety)
Free internet-TV service Pluto expands into Europe with backing from ProSieben and Scripps (Financial Times £)
Ad blocking on mobile rises to nearly half among millennials (Campaign)
And finally...
The current presidential campaign may go down as one of the craziest, nastiest, and most unbelievable in history, but as this roundup of shocking attack ads shows, the historical competition was strong.