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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Journalist Jane Corbin trails her documentary on Middle Eastern Christians. P31
Daily Telegraph
Youngsters flee Facebook as their parents sign up. P1
PR guru Lord Bell in radio joke about Alps air disaster. P2
Sue Perkins takes break from Twitter after death threats. P2
University Challenge successes on how they got the answers right. P7
Vincent Graff: TV gardeners are a turn-off for the younger generation. P20
Digital music streaming matches physical sales. Business P3
Financial Times
Brussels to charge Google with abusing its market dominance. P1
Record labels hit at YouTube over copyright. P16
AOL multimedia ad platform unveiled. P18
The Times
BBC’s Rona Fairhead will not seek another term on HSBC board. P2
University Challenge successes on how they got the answers right. P3
Sue Perkins takes break from Twitter after death threats. P13
Game of Thrones TV series set to diverge from the books. P21
Digital music streaming matches physical sales. P35
Google faces French bid to uncover its search secrets. P43
The Independent
Sue Perkins takes break from Twitter after death threats. P13
Digital music streaming matches physical sales. P19
EU to file charges against Google over antitrust claims. P50
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Sue Perkins quits Twitter after death threats. P2
Streaming is the last stop for the music industry. P17
Wall Street Journal Europe
EU’s antitrust arm set to charge Google. P1,5
EU should let European players overtake US web giants, says digital czar. P5
Daily Mail
Radio 4’s Richard Coles attacked over opposition to right to buy. P4
Google accused of abusing its web dominance. P13
BBC buys more copies of the Daily mail than the Guardian. P17
Youngsters flee Facebook as their parents sign up. P19
Sue Perkins takes break from Twitter after death threats. P19
End of programmes cut off on BBC iPlayer. P21
Daily Express
Ann Widdecombe: must TV be this rude all this time? P13
The Sun
Lib Dems to promise new public interest defence for journalists. P2
Ally Ross named reviewers of the year at London Press Club awards. P6
Bonnie Langford to join EastEnders. P7
Jeremy Kyle to front ITV show on embarrassing illnesses. P29
darren Boyd and FAy Ripley on iTV’s The Delivery Man. P30-31
Channel 5 defends graphic scenes reconstructing Robin Williams’ death. P31
Daily Mirror
Sue Perkins takes break from Twitter after death threats. P1,5
Daily Mirror wins newspaper of the year at London Press Club awards. P2
Doctor Who series ‘to kick off with darkest ever plot’. P3
Ricky Gervais: I don’t have the clothes to take over from Jeremy Clarkson. P5
Student hailed as best ever in University Challenge. P9
Bonnie Langford to join EastEnders. P17
Daily Star
Simon Cowell ‘planning to lure Rita Ora from The Voice to The X Factor’. P1,3