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Today's media stories from the papers

Top eight stories on MediaGuardian

Lauren Laverne

BBC Radio 6 Music hits biggest-ever weekly audience
Rajars: Lauren Laverne presents most popular show with 868,000 listeners, but Nick Grimshaw continues to struggle on Radio 1

Tumblr audience up to 420 million
Marissa Mayer hails 'really impressive' engagement numbers and denies suggestions of a NSFW problem

Facebook pays no UK corporation tax
Social media company reports a pre-tax loss of £11.6m for 2013, despite its US parent making a net profit of £900m

YouTube games channels take off
PewDiePie and Stampy are leading the way for the Let's Play generation, according to latest rankings, with top 100 watched 4.4bn times in September

Jon Snow a lefty who should retire, says Tory
Philip Davies asked to leave Channel 4 News offices by Krishnan Guru-Murthy after row with veteran presenter

BBC sorry over Michael Buerk's Ched Evans comments
In Radio 4 trailer, Michael Buerk said neither party in rape case emerged with any credit because woman was so drunk 'she could barely stand'

Why did Sunday Mirror settle with Tory MP?
Roy Greenslade is surprised by the settlement negotiated between a newspaper and Mark Pritchard over a complaint to Ipso

Mike Read: Ukip song should be withdrawn
Ex-Radio 1 DJ has apologised for 'unintentionally causing offence' with calypso ditty he sang in fake Caribbean accent

Obituary

Obituary: Washington Post's Ben Bradlee
Acclaimed journalist who edited Post for 26 years and brought about resignation of Nixon has died at home of natural causes

Today's headlines

The Guardian

Ukip calypso song should be withdrawn, says repentant Mike Read. P3
Tributes to former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. P25
Facebook pays no UK corporation tax for a second year. P33
Editorial on Ben Bradlee. P42
Alan Rusbridger: Ben Bradlee was the editor who had it all. P45
Obituary: Ben Bradlee. P47

Daily Telegraph

Doctor 'off sick' travelled world as TV presenter. P3
MP calls Jon Snow a 'playground bully' in row over leftwing bias. P4
Mike Read withdraws Ukip calypso. P18
Lucy Worsley on her BBC4 dance series. P19
Radio 3 controller: I won't be dumbing down station. P19
Obituary: Ben Bradlee. P35

Financial Times

John Gapper: Television is preparing to loosen up. P11
Apple chief in China data security talks. P16
Twitter woos app developers. P16
US buyout snaps up Gorkana media monitor. P22

The Times

Facebook pays no UK corporation tax for a second year. P7
Doctor 'off sick' travelled world as TV presenter. P11
UK urges web giants to help fight extremism. P14
Judges split on televising courts after Oscar Pistorius trial. P28

The Independent

Anger over Michael Buerk's comments in Ched Evans case. P5
Mike Read withdraws Ukip calypso. P9
Goodfellas actor sues The Simpsons for $250m. P15
Channel 5 attempts to take schedule upmarket following sale to Viacom. P15
Andreas Whittam Smith on Ben Bradlee. P21
Tributes to former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. P37
Toys R US withdraws Breaking Bad dolls from sale. P39
Obituary: Ben Bradlee. P58
Facebook pays no UK corporation tax for a second year. P63

i

Arab Idol winner wants to give help to Gaza. P3
BBC apologises over criticism of Ched Evans victim. P9
Mike Read apologises for Ukip calypso. P21
Big Brother faces eviction as Channel 5 goes upmarket. P23
Goodfellas actor's legal vendetta against The Simpsons. P23
New Radio 3 boss rejects 'dumbing down' plan. P25
MP 'asked to leave studio over Jon Snow tirade'. P29
US newspaper editor Ben Bradlee dies aged 93. P32

Wall Street Journal Europe

UK urges web giants to help fight extremism. P1,4
Hong Kong media split over protest coverage. P2
Ann Marlowe: Social media in a time of terrorism. P13
Yahoo chief defends turnaround strategy. P18

Daily Mail

MP calls Jon Snow a 'playground bully' in row over leftwing bias. P7
Channel 4 can't shake off claims of bias. P7
Anger over Michael Buerk's comments in Ched Evans case. P9
Chris Evans loses 600,000 listeners. P10
Editorial: BBC must stop using Ripa against licence fee evaders. P16
The Apprentice coverage. P33
Doctor 'off sick' travelled world as TV presenter. P44
Sebastian Shakespeare: David Cameron fawns over Guido Fawkes blogger. P46-47

Daily Express

Two long-lost shoes featuring two members of Monty Python have been discovered. P6
US newspaper editor Ben Bradlee dies aged 93. P10
Doctor struck off for moonlighting as TV pundit. P27

The Sun

Phillip Schofield to front 24-hour charity marathon on ITV. P3
Mike Read withdraws Ukip calypso. P24
Doctor 'off sick' travelled world as TV presenter. P27
Mick Hume on police use of Ripa against journalists. P34-35
The X Factor reject turns down Celebrity Big Brother. P39
The Apprentice coverage. P39,40-41
Coronation Street coverage. P40-41

Daily Mirror

DJ Mike Read bans his own Ukip calypso song. P9
Interview with Emmerdale actor Roxy Shahidi. P17
US newspaper editor Ben Bradlee dies aged 93. P31

Daily Star

The Big Brother TV show for spiders. P1, P15
DJ Mike Read bins Ukip calypso. P2
Tom Daley already favourite to win I'm a Celebrity. P3

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