New hacking warning, top YouTubers’ income rises, BBC in Thai probe

Vince Cable told an event organised by Hacked Off that the phone-hacking scandal could be repeated. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian

MediaGuardian’s top stories

Cable: new hacking scandal is likely without proper regulation

Net earnings: top YouTubers’ income rises 23% in past year

Thailand opens investigation into BBC for alleged insult of new king

News Corp Australia announces redundancies and $40m cost-cutting

Savile review: BBC bans unaccompanied children from audiences

Milo Yiannopoulos’s university speaking events cancelled over security concerns

Facebook reportedly testing new tool to combat fake news

Megyn Kelly accuses Trump social media director of inciting online abuse

Peter Vaughan, star of Porridge and Game of Thrones, dies aged 93

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Rodrigo Santoro as Hector Escaton in Westworld. Photograph: HBO

Westworld season 2 won’t change course after rampant fan theories (Hollywood Reporter)

Time Warner chief says Democrats, not Trump were bigger first amendment threat (Variety)

New Zealand: Former editors warn of newspaper crisis (Financial Times £)

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Mariah’s World. Photograph: James Dimmock/E! Entertainment

Given the ubiquity of her 1994 hit All I Want for Christmas over the festive period, now is a pretty ideal time for Mariah Carey’s reality show, but the Guardian asks, can the pop princess revamp the tired world of trash TV?