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Benedict Cumberbatch: missed out on a Bafta award
Benedict Cumberbatch: missed out on a Bafta award. Photograph: Ian West/PA

Top story on MediaGuardian

Bafta TV prize eludes Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch
Star loses out on lead actor prize but Marvellous, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies and Ant and Dec each pick up two prizes at awards ceremony in London

Top comment on MediaGuardian

Tory victory comes at a critical time for media, especially the BBC
Jane Martinson: While newspapers breath a sigh of relief, there are fears over civil liberties, Scottish coverage and BBC spending

Today’s headlines

The Guardian
Bafta honours go to Clive James and Jon Snow. P13
Whose Line Is It Anyway? in stage comeback. P14
Shindig! magazine founders: ‘It was a classic case of naive creatives, not protecting what they’d got’. P34
BBC wins the crowds as broadcasters navigate an unpredictable election night. P35
Jane Martinson: Tory victory comes at a critical time for media, especially the BBC. P35

Daily Telegraph
Whose Line Is It Anyway? in stage comeback. P2
BBC’s star shows are eclipsed at the Baftas. P3
Google tops digital ad spend rankings. Business P1

Financial Times
US regulator the FTC probes sites such as Uber and Airbnb. P

The Times
Bafta judges reward real-life dramas. P21

The Independent
Benedict Cumberbatch misses out on a Bafta. P12
Adam Sherwin: Labour was on top of Twitter, but jury is still out on political power of social media. P38
Bloomberg Business launches European edition. P39
One year on from the EU ‘right to be forgotten’ ruling. P39
Obituary: journalist and author Richard West. P49

i
‘Thrones’-factor sees tastes change. P3
SNP leader most popular politician on Twitter. P7
TV Baftas: The winners. P19
Russian news website finds freedom in Riga. P31
Maybe it’s time we had a new language to talke about politics. P43
PR and advertising: the only good campaign is one that does the job. P43
Bloomberg turns his sights on Europe. P43

Wall Street Journal Europe
Spotify reports net loss as revenue increases 45%. P19

Daily Mail
Ministers ‘plotting revenge on BBC for pro-Labour bias. P6

Daily Express
Baftas coverage. P3
James Corden is ‘gobsmacked’ at how well his US show is doing. P16
Rolf Harris could lose £15m fortune to ‘new victims’. P18

The Sun
Baftas coverage. P2-3
YouTube celebrates 10th birthday. P9
Kelvin MacKenzie on Radio 5 Live presenter Peter Allen. P13
Britain’s Got Talent coverage. P29
ITV’s Love Island poised to return. P30
Big Brother coverage. P30-31
Charlotte Church challenges Katie Hopkins to a boxing match. P31

Daily Mirror
Baftas coverage. P2-3
Simon Cowell chases Nick Grimshaw to replace Louis Walsh on The X Factor. P11
Worse crime rates on new Benefits Street. P13

Daily Star
Angry fans claim Big Brother is fixed from the start. P1, 4-5
Nigella Lawson’s TV show in US to be replaced by biblical epic. P3
TV Bafta’s coverage. P8. P9
Anger as X Factor favourite Louis Walsh is sacked. P11
will.i.am wants rules on The Voice to be changed. P24

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