MediaGuardian’s top stories
Plans to reveal BBC stars’ pay ‘disgusting’, says Jeremy Clarkson
Channel 5 reports first back-to-back year of profit
Planet Earth II most watched natural history show for 15 years
The Big Bang Theory prequel in the works at CBS
Rolling Stone ‘Jackie’ trial: university administrator awarded $3m for defamation
Broadcaster Sir Jimmy Young dies aged 95
Julian Assange to be questioned by Ecuador over rape allegation
Best of the rest
Vice Media targets Indonesia’s 100m-strong youth market (Financial Times £)
NBCUniversal will sell ads for Apple News (Variety)
BBC denies it is ‘privatising’ two-thirds of radio programming (Financial Times £)
Stranger Things 2: Sean Astin, Paul Reiser and Linnea Berthelsen to join cast (Mirror)
And finally...
If you haven’t already checked out the Guardian’s Australian cartoon strip First Dog on the Moon, here’s its meeting with Simpsons creator Matt Groening to get you started.