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Tracey Ullman as Pam the Northern Powerhouse in her BBC show
Tracey Ullman as Pam the Northern Powerhouse in her BBC show. Photograph: Rory Lindsay/BBC

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BBC ‘has agreed on second series of Tracey Ullman show’
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Today’s headlines

The Guardian
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall announce engagement. P4
Sales of David Bowie’s music soar as tributes are announced. P9
Polish magazine image angers EU leaders. P18
Pass Notes: Charles Dance. G2 P3

Daily Telegraph
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall announce engagement. P1
Cineworld investors disappointed it did not beat forecasts. Business P4
Young YouTube and Netflix addicts unlikely to move to more traditional media when they get older, study finds. Business P8

Financial Times
BuzzFeed criticised for misleading readers over advertorials. P4
Norway’s Schibsted becomes model for shift from print to digital. P20
Rupert Murdoch marriage will not alter control of News Corp. P20
China’s Dalian Wanda to buy US studio Legendary Entertainment. P20
Blockbusters fuel Cineworld revenues. P24

The Times
Channel 4’s Deutschland 83 pulls in more viewers than The Bridge or The Killing. P21
China’s Dalian Wanda to buy US studio Legendary Entertainment. P36-37

The Independent
Channel 5’s celebrity Big Brother criticised for showing Angie Bowie in tears. P9
Matthew Norman: What would David Bowie make of Rupert Murdoch’s latest reinvention? P28David Barnett on ITV’s Jericho. P34-35
China’s Dalian Wanda to buy US studio Legendary Entertainment. P49

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Page 3 profile: TV host Ellen Degeneres. P3
Matthew Norman: Rupert Murdoch’s rock’n’roll embrace. P13
Rupert Murdoch ‘a real catch’ says Piers Morgan. P15
Memphis Barker: Sean Penn is as inept at journalism as he is at aid work. P16
New TV drama reminds us of a forgotten episode in Britain’s rail history. P26

Wall Street Journal
Introduction to Snapchat. A8
China’s Dalian Wanda to buy US studio Legendary Entertainment. B3

Daily Mail
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall announce engagement. P7
Derren Brown ‘persuades’ women to push a stranger off a roof. P22-23

Daily Express
Downton Abbey’s Joanne Froggatt sets her sights on Hollywood. P3
Kelly’s On: on Channel 4 drama Deutschland 83. P14
Has Jerry Hall finally met her match in Rupert Murdoch? P19

The Sun
Chris Evans ‘desperate to book A-listers on Top Gear’. P15
Holly Willoughby asked to front new ITV dating show. P25
ITV to air new diet show Sugar Free Farm. P35
War and Peace coverage. P35

Daily Mirror
Doc Martin to return for eighth and final series next year. P9
Alison Phillips: baby bombshell is Celebrity Big Brother shocker. P13
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall announce engagement. P14
TV return of Tracey Ullman splits our opinion. P21

Daily Star
Fury over Angie Bowie’s tears on Big Brother. P1, P9
David Coulthard snubs a big-money offer to join Top Gear. P3
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P8, P9
Rupert Murdoch to marry Jerry Hall. P17
Ellen Degeneres’s chatshow to be aired on ITV2. P23

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