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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Netflix and Amazon must guarantee 20% of their content is European. P3
Mystery backer offers £87m for BFI’s film and TV centre plan. P5
Chris Evans shrugs off Top Gear ‘perfect storm’ as debut looms. P7
EU referendum poster aimed at minority ethnic vote causes controversy. P9
Daily Telegraph
EU scraps TV ad limit. P4
Chris Evans takes revenge on Top Gear critics. P7
BBC to adapt David Nicholls’ drama Us. P7
Viewers may have to enter date of birth and postcode to watch iPlayer. P7
EU orders European production quotas for on-demand TV. Business P4
Financial Times
EU seeks to streamline cross-border digital trade but faces formidable opponents. P7
John Gapper: Viacom’s battle is a warning to Silicon Valley. P11
Gawker cites Peter Thiel role in $140m damages fight. P17
Brazil’s WhatsApp ban spreads censorship fears. P19
Three UK customers offered 24-hour adblocking trial. P21
The Times
EU to allow more primetime TV ads. P6
BBC accused of racism over documentary Last Whites of the East End. P17
Hulk Hogan ‘has PayPal boss in his corner’ in Gawker battle. P23
Edward Lucas: we’ll all suffer if Google doesn’t clean up its act. P26
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Page 3 profile: Floella Benjamin. P3
Comedy club wins victory in battle over Glee name with 20th Century Fox. P3
Netflix may be forced to meet 20% local content quota. P9
Simon Kelner: Vogue demeaned itself by inviting Kim Kardashian. P16
French reporter is deported in Egypt. P24
Watchdog set to ban false ‘free estimate’ ads. P40
Wall Street Journal
Netflix chafes at proposed EU rules. A1
Daily Mail
Former BBC Breakfast host Sian Williams reveals she had double mastectomy. P5
EU referendum poster aimed at minority ethnic vote causes controversy. P6-7
ITV’s Countrywise drops Paul Heiney. P37
Sky concerned that ECB has sold Test clips to BBC website for knockdown price. P77
Daily Express
I cannot wait for the first Top Gear show, says Chris Evans. P3
Nation divided at BBC exposé on the impact of immigration. P7
Alan Titchmarsh calls for BBC to leave gardening alone. P18
The Sun
Britain’s Got Talent coverage. P1,9
BBC accused of racism over documentary Last Whites of the East End. P6
Editorial: George Osborne should act over Google tax. P10
Matt LeBlanc missing from Top Gear launch. P35
Stephen Mulhearn to host ITV gameshow Go For It. P35
Daily Mirror
Barbara Windsor’s life story being made into film for BBC1. P3
TV star Sian Williams tells of breast cancer battle. P7
Top Gear’s female presenter revealed as a ‘potty mouth’. P9
Britain’s Got Talent coverage. P13
Divinia Taylor to return to Hollyoaks after almost two decades. P23
Alan Titchmarsh wants a gardening version of Bake Off. P23
There won’t be a second series of Undercover. P23
Daily Star
Matt LeBlanc stays away from Top Gear screening. P1,7
Big Brother to have two houses. P6
BBC faces backlash after ‘last whites’ documentary. P23
