Sky revolt, BBC hits back at Mail, Eamonn Holmes

Sky faced down a shareholder revolt over the appointment of James Murdoch as chairman in January Photograph: David Moir/Reuters

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Sky shareholders revolt against James Murdoch’s appointment as chairman

BBC hits back at Daily Mail accusation of ‘Brexit bias’

BBC Studios to cut 300 staff as hit shows move to private sector

Eamonn Holmes cut off mid-sentence during Sky News farewell

Google News introduces fact check feature – just in time for US election

Netflix paid less than £400,000 in UK corporation tax last year

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Ricky Gervais in the David Brent movie Photograph: BBC Films

BBC bosses slash Will Young’s pay by £20K as he quits Strictly (The Sun)

BuzzFeed teams with Twitter for election-night live-streaming special (Variety)

Discovery and the Lerer family are combining in a $550 million deal (ReCode)

BT and OgilvyOne split after 15 years (Brand Republic)

Ricky Gervais gameshow ‘Five to Survive’ ordered by ABC (Variety)

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Eamonn Holmes cut off mid-sentence by Sky News as he says goodbye

Eamonn Holmes’s final day on Sky News Sunrise came to a slightly abrupt end yesterday morning as the long-serving anchor’s own exuberance, and the affectionate intervention of some of his colleagues saw him cut off mid sentence.