Bradley challenged over C4, BritBox US launch, Daily Mail apology

The culture secretary, Karen Bradley, faced a grilling from the Lords communications committee. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

MediaGuardian’s top stories

Culture secretary challenged on diversity for Channel 4 board post

BBC and ITV to launch BritBox on-demand service in US

Daily Mail apologises to Samantha Armytage for underwear-shaming story

Rupert Murdoch unlikely to spin off Sky News in takeover battle

Murdoch deal requires robust safeguards at Sky, say shareholders

News publishers contributed £5.3bn to the UK economy in 2015

Fake news could affect next UK election, warns Channel 4 executive

Margaret Thatcher named most influential woman of last 70 years

Blaxploitation classic Foxy Brown set for small-screen adaptation

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Sky could make a bid to reclaim European club games such as Barcelona v Borussia Mönchengladbach following a successful Fox takeover. Photograph: Aflo/Rex/Shutterstock

Murdoch takeover boosts Sky high hopes of European football dominance (Telegraph)

Channel 4 to air 50mph freefall dive stunt as live ad break for ‘Assassin’s Creed’ (Campaign)

Netflix, in rare cancellation, is ending ‘Marco Polo’ (New York Times)

The Washington Post is ‘profitable and growing’, publisher says (Poynter)

And finally …

Michael Fish and Ian McCaskill in 1991. Photograph: David Fisher/Rex/Shutterstock

Ian McCaskill was something you rarely see today, a celebrity weather forecaster. One of his contemporaries, Michael Fish, shares some of his memories of working with him.