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Many questions, few answers in Hall’s speech on BBC’s future
With ideas sprayed around but few clear targets for cuts identified or costs attached to plans, the only certainty is that jobs will go at the broadcaster
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The Guardian view on the BBC plans: nice ideas but much to prove
Editorial: The BBC counterattacks with a brave vision for the future, but will it be enough to appease its critics?
Today’s headlines
The Guardian
BBC4 and children’s TV in line of fire after corporation is told it faces ‘inevitable cuts’. P3
Vogue fashions its case to be more than a style mag. P7
Campaigners call new press watchdog a sham. P12
Rural lobbyists call on BBC to sack Chris Packham. P13
Rebekah Brooks takes up role at News UK. P15
Beaten Russian reporter names assailants. P21
Editorial: BBC – Nice ideas but still much to prove about partnership. P32
Daily Telegraph
Vogue turns 100. P6
BBC backs replacing licence fee with universal levy. P8
BBC accused of snubbing cities in series on the Blitz. P8
Bear Grylls says Attenborough documentaries ‘a bit dry’ for younger viewers. P15
Editorial: Bizarre BBC logic. P19
Rebekah Brooks back at News UK. B3
Local press fears ‘BBC expansion’ under shared reporting offer. B3
Financial Times
BBC to open iPlayer to rivals as way of boosting British content. P4
Editorial: The BBC should not play politics with online news. P14
Feature: Will software that writes code alter tech’s script? P16
Analysis: Apple – bigger than big. P18
Microsoft chairman backs Nadella’s shift in strategy. P21
The Times
Leak MP faces losing seat on live TV. P2
Critics get their claws into BBC’s Chris Packham. P3
Channels will be cut, BBC chief warns. P15
Vogue turns 100. P20
DMGT share price downgraded. P49
The Independent
BBC takes flack for missing Hull from Blitz series. P11
BBC’s diet of ‘binge watching’ threatens quality of British television, production companies say. P11
Leak MP faces losing seat on live TV. P18
Rebekah Brooks returns to News UK. P19
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BBC ‘wrong’ to leave Hull out of Blitz series. P2, P17
Broadchurch named best drama series at TV Choice awards. P3
Trial by TV: the verdict on a real courtroom drama. P7
Returning Rebekah Brooks pays tribute to staff who suffered. P11
iPlayer to join ‘binge watch’ revolution. P17
Wall Street Journal Europe
Smartphone rivals take Xiaomi’s path. P17
Daily Mail
TV viewers lament tepid Lady Chatterley’s Lover. P3
We’re not expanding too much, claims BBC boss. P12
£330,000 Alan Yentob ‘is a great adviser’. P12
Ephraim Hardcastle on media. P19
Daily Express
BBC shows face axe as cash dries up. P2
Ant and Dec beat Top Gear in TV awards. P11
The Sun
BBC comes under fire for wasting licence fee payers’ cash. P2
The X Factor coverage. P3
BBC threatening to axe kids’ TV in licence row. P6
Broadcasts to North Korea? How pointless. P6
Jamie East on TV. P11
Doctor Who new series first look. P28
TV Choice awards winners. P29
Daily Mirror
X Factor co-host Caroline Flack on screen for just 93 seconds. P3
Kids’ channels face axe in £150m BBC cuts. P9
Daily Star
Chris Moyles blasted for signing up to ‘male-focused’ radio station. P3
The X Factor coverage. P4
Fans in fury at ‘CBBC’ version of Lady Chatterley’s Lover. P5
TV Choice Awards winners. P11
Kids’ TV stations under threat at BBC. P15
Loose Women to come from Coronation Street. P26
