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Today's media stories from the papers

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BBC Radio 6 Music's Lauren Laverne. Photograph: Dean Chalkley/BBC

Top story on MediaGuardian

BBC Radio 6 Music hits 2 million weekly listeners for first time
Station becomes first digital-only radio platform to pass 2 million mark as 5 Live sheds nearly 700,000 listeners year on year

Top blog on MediaGuardian

Richard Desmond moves on from babes to babies with new magazine
Publisher of Asian Babes launches an OK! magazine spin-off

Today's headlines

The Guardian

Fox News site embeds unedited Isis video showing brutal murder of Jordanian pilot. P2
Watchdog rules police must ask judge before trawling journalists' data. P3
BBC sitcom is the first to star a transgender actor. P14
Peter Greste returns home with pledge to help colleagues. P15
Sony shrugs off effects of Hollywood hack. P22
Sky profits up 16% as 204,000 new customers are signed up. P25

Daily Telegraph

Lord Grade 'trying to delay' plan to decriminalise TV licence dodging. P2
Jeffrey and Mary Archer settle phone-hacking claims. P2
Watchdog rules police must ask judge before trawling journalists' data. P6
Facebook appeal to get young to vote. P12
British customers biggest boost to Sky despite European takeovers. Business P3
Investors tune in to ITV after poll predicts dramatic advertising growth. Business P7
DMGT revenue flat as falls in circulation and advertising bite. Business P8

Financial Times

US regulator's plan to treat internet traffic as a utility upsets providers. P5
Prince Al Waleed bin Talal slashes News Corp stake. P15
News apps roll out models beyond the paywall. P18
Sky UK customer growth 'highest since 2005'. P21
BT and Sky poised to bid for Premier League football rights. P21

The Times

BBC Trust chair will consider bid for BBC3. P2
Ed Balls left red-faced by Newsnight name bungle. P11
Police snooped on journalists more than 600 times. P20
Sky unveils strong results ahead of Premier League auction. P44
Prince Al Waleed bin Talal slashes News Corp stake. P44
Mail Online rakes in £18m in the first quarter. P47

The Independent

Wikipedia editor's mission to correct grammar. P22-23
Radio 4 Extra reaches largest-ever audience. P23
Sky unveils strong results ahead of Premier League auction. P56

i

Scottish Labour leader says TV debate 'can help Labour defeat SNP'. P2
Live TV moments that don't go to plan. P2
Life in brief: pioneering BBC producer and director Nancy Thomas. P12
Jeremy Vine under fire for arms trade shindig. P17
Facebook 'can cause envy and depression'. P20
Grammar crusader makes 47,000 edits to Wikipedia. P21
Crime podcast lifts Radio 4 Extra to record high. P23
Sky enjoys growth spurt as it readies football rights bid. P41

Wall Street Journal Europe

UK culled journalist phone data for sources. P6
Nigeria keeps journalists seeking visas in limbo. P10
Prince Al Waleed bin Talal slashes News Corp stake. P18
Sky more than doubles profits. P18
Sony says turnaround bid is taking hold. P20
How captions help push social-media photos. P25

Daily Mail

Google hires Arabic speakers to crack down on extremist groups uploading videos to YouTube. P11
PM rules police cannot snoop on reporters without permission. P12
Chris Evans adds 300,000 listeners to Radio 2 breakfast show. P12
Editorial: Police snooping on journalists' phone records is an abuse of power. P16
BBC signs Doctor Who Lego deal. P27
BT and Sky poised to bid for Premier League football rights. P75
Mail Online revenues rise £3m in a quarter. P75
Sky profits up 16% as 204,000 new customers are signed up. P75

Daily Express

Vriginia Blackburn: no relief for BBC's annual comedy bore. P14
Fred Talbot trial coverage. P24
Sky signs up customers at its fastest rate in nine years. P47

The Sun

Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P3
Fred Talbot trial coverage. P21
James Weatherup wins payout over Nick Davies book claims. P21
The Jump coverage. P31

Daily Mirror

Bruno Tonioli says Strictly dancers should stop moaning about pay. P3
Michelle Gayle blasts EastEnders boss for refusing to change the show's ethnic mix. P13
Fred Talbot trial coverage. P14
Insiders say Sky isn't prepared to break bank for football rights. P58

Daily Star

Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P1,5
Howard Stern says he was offered James Corden's CBS show first. P3
Gordon Ramsay likes to run around the house naked, claims his daughter. P15

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