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Could a merger with 5 Live revive BBC local radio?
Falling audiences mean that regional stations need a makeover to survive and thrive
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The New Day got off to a terrible start, and Trinity Mirror’s bosses are to blame
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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Rhiannon Lucy Coslett: Why address your letter to a Sir when our editor is female? P30
Channel 5’s Ben Frow: ‘It was fun under Richard Desmond, it was just kind of mad fun’. P32
Could merger with 5 Live revive local radio? P33
Roy Greenslade: Simon Fox must take blame for New Day’s terrible start. P33
Dane Baptiste on his BBC3 sitcom Sunny D. G2 P19
Daily Telegraph
BBC fears being forced into cuts by John Whittingdale’s delay, says Roan Fairhead. P14
Twitter 10 years on. Business P1
Why Twitter is still a fledgling compared to Facebook’s flair for flying. Business P5
Financial Times
Touchscreen e-sports set to transform game market. P4
Apple seeks to boost sales with cheaper iPhone. P19
The Times
TV cameras to be allowed into crown courts for the first time. P19
The Independent
TV cameras to be allowed into crown courts for the first time. P16
Charm offensive fails to end China’s Facebook ban. P27
Will Gore: Whether a complaint is about sport or news, the same standards always apply. P38
Will Gore on the Independent titles moving to the online world. P38
Ian Burrell: Print may become a thing of the past, but there’s a revolution in new technology. P38-39
Ian Burrell: Hugh McIlvanney’s fight goes on after retirement. P39
Simon Fuller plans to use virtual reality technology to create hologram pop stars. P39
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Twitter celebrates its 10th birthday. P2
TV cameras in courts to be trialled. P17
Facebook looks for friends in the Communist party in China. P19
Binge watchers break TV record in Austria. P25
Mystery of senior journalist purge at Kenya’s Daily Nation. P26
British media well-placed to benefit from technological revolution. P41
Simon Fuller promotes hologram stars. P41
Gloves off in hack-on-hack action. P41
RTL buys online video advertiser. P42
The New Day
Twitter turns 10. P2
How did MPs’ boobs become as important as the Budget to some newspapers? P13
Wall Street Journal
Streaming services are seeking exclusive content from musicians. B1
Apple’s smallest iPhone to get upgrade. B1
Daily Mail
TV cameras to be allowed into crown courts for the first time. P4
Tom Hiddleston coverage. P11
Jeremy Clarkson on the year he lost his job, his home and his mum. P15
The children who NEVER watch TV. P22
Daiary: BBC head of entertainment Katie Taylor’s expenses. P32
Daily Express
Princess Diana ‘deeply regretted’ the infamous Panorama interview. P3
TV supervet who’s in a league of his own. P21
The Sun
Sarah Lancashire says she will not do a third series of Happy Valley. P27
The Voice’s Boy George jokeds he is ‘in love”’ with X Factor boss Simon Cowell. P33
Ricky Wilson vows to make The Voice live shows the best yet. P33|
Will.i.am tells of his plans to launch a new music show. P33
Daily Mirror
Ainsley Harriott rules himself out of hosting Saturday Kitchen. P3
Chris Evans denies being unprofessional on set. P7
The Voice coverage. P14-15
Daily Star
Chris Evans sneers at Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear. P1, P10
Sarah Lancashire rules out making a third series of Happy Valley. P3
Graham Norton signs deal to publish his first novel. P4
Twitter celebrates its 10th birthday with fans. P24-25
