BBC plots Bake Off rival, John Simpson, Andrew Marr

Mel Giedroyc, top left, Sue Perkins and Mary Berry are staying at the BBC, but Paul Hollywood is moving to Channel 4. Photograph: Mark Bourdillon/BBC/PA

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Jeremy Paxman: critical of the BBC over Savile. Photograph: David Hartley/Rex Features

Jeremy Paxman attacks the BBC over its handling of the Jimmy Savile scandal in extracts from his new book published by the Times (£)

BBC has offered Matt LeBlanc £2m to be sole Top Gear host, says the Sun

Carol Vorderman being lined up for I’m a Celebrity with six-figure deal, says the Sun

Friends of the Earth fracking claims have been condemned by the ASA, says the Times

Business Insider on the inside story of Jeremy Corbyn’s terrible relationship with the mainstream media

Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner is selling 49% of the magazine to Singapore’s BandLab, says the WSJ

Diversity of potential Twitter buyers a sign of different uses companies might have, says FT (£)

And finally...

The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards has hosted a “Lost Weekend” on BBC4 for the past three nights. Amazingly, he (or his social media team) were still going strong at almost 4am this morning ...

Anyone out there? Anyone still awake? Those of you still standing, give your selves a big slap on the back! #LostWeekend #BBCKeef

— Keith Richards (@officialKeef) September 26, 2016

Closedown. You can do it all again on iPlayer here. https://t.co/uPtcgWld5f pic.twitter.com/cTGpXt5sIN

— BBC Four (@BBCFOUR) September 26, 2016