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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Bake Off star Sue Perkins gives culture secretary a roasting over BBC cuts. P3
SNP’s plans for BBC ‘were leaked from blueprint’. P3
Virginia journalists shooting coverage. P6, 7
Apple plans new product event in San Francisco. P22
Indian ex-media executive held over daughter’s murder. P32
Google slams EU’s antitrust case. P33
Arsène Wenger wants TV pundits to think before they criticise. S5
Daily Telegraph
Silence the key to Wolf Hall’s success. P5
BBC4 to pay tribute to acting legends. P4
Virginia journalists shooting coverage. P16, 17
Comment: The BBC’s power and privilege are safe under David Cameron. P20
Comment: Social media and a very modern murder. P20
Google digs in for battle with EU. P31
Comment: Writing on the wall for local papers says: consolidate. P32
Playtech plans further deals. P33
Arsène Wenger wants TV pundits to think before they criticise. S14
Financial Times
Google digs in for battle with EU. P1
Alarm sounds at SNP’s call for federal BBC. P2
Box and its lessons for tech start-ups. P12
Personal technology. P12
Analysis: Dish Network/Sinclair – think local. P14
Analysis: Mobile gaming – going cheep. P14
SoundCloud faces the music in copyright row. P16
Comment: TV networks face shaky future in fast-changing global media landscape. P16
Playtech plans further deals. P19
The Times
Virginia journalists shooting coverage. P30, 31
Amazon cuts jobs after its Fire phone fails to spark. P37
We haven’t abused our dominance, Google says. P41
Angry Birds cuts jobs after players fly away. P45
STV hit by bailout cost. P46
The Independent
Wolf Hall director to make refugee camp drama. P13
Father of murdered journalist vows to force politicians to bring in gun laws. P29
Victims’ colleagues grieve on air as show goes on. P29
Rupert Murdoch on market mayhem: ‘Blame the politicians’. P56
City TV losses cause profits slump at STV. P57
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BBC1 is top channel at annual TV awards. P3
Father of murdered TV reporter vows to press for gun law reform. P8
Nicola Sturgeon wants Scots channel in radical shake-up of BBC. P11
David Torrance: Sturgeon charms her TV audience. P15
Wolf Hall director to make refugee camp drama. P19
Inside Television. P37
STV profits dragged down by City TV. P50
Wall Street Journal Europe
Google calls EU charges misguided. P1, 17
Amazon cuts back on consumer devices. P18
Messaging app Line cancels its IPO plans again. P18
Netflix viewership gets a measuring stick. P19
Daily Mail
Jamie Oliver’s war on junk food ads shown during TV talent shows. P1, 7
Licence fee is killing BBC, says Nick Ross. P7
Breakfast show stops to honour dead colleagues. P9
Family of slain reporter call for tighter gun controls. P8
Sue Perkin’s smacker to save the BBC. P10
BBC’s film reignites family feud at Longleat. P40
Daily Express
Kirsty Gallacher and Iwan Thomas to appear on Strictly. P3
X Factor will floor Strictly in ratings, vows Simon Cowell. P3
Hands held in grief for TV pair shot dead on air. P7
The Sun
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P3
Nick Ross hits out at BBC for ‘clinging’ to TV fee. P4
News team weep for dead colleagues. P7
Strictly celebs meet the pros. P17
Jamie Oliver attacks ads shown during Britain’s Got Talent. P43
The X Factor coverage. P45
Daily Mirror
Simon Cowell slates Strictly Come Dancing line-up. P3
SNP demands Scottish BBC. P2
Jeremy Clarkson gets a whacking £10m-a-year deal. P11
Victim cameraman filmed shooter’s sacking. P13
Chefs blast Bake Off’s blowtorch ban on crème brûlée task. P25
BBC heading for cliff edge warns Nick Ross. P31
STV hope for sales knock-on. P54
Daily Star
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P1, 4, 5
Nick Ross in handout warning to BBC. P7
The X Factor coverage. P9
Kirsty Gallacher and Iwan Thomas to appear on Strictly. P9
Rafe Spall cast in chilling new TV drama. P32
Bake Off continues to pull in massive ratings. P32
