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How Thatcher and Murdoch made their secret deal
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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Democratic Unionists: we’d seek review of BBC in hung parliament talks. P8
BBC2 chief reaches out to Britain’s punk generation. P14
Review: The Apple Watch is beautiful but confused. P16
Salman Rushdie attacks authors’ protest at free speech prize for Charlie Hebdo. P19
Under-fire Google to enter digital partnership with European press. P22
EE reached 9.3 million users of 4G mobile phone service. P26
Feature: How Thatcher and Murdoch made their secret deal. P29
Obituary: Journalist Richard West. P37
Obituary: Actor Robert Rietti. P37
Daily Telegraph
A little bit of naughtiness will help keep BBC2 youthful. P11
Jeremy Paxman no longer watches Newsnight. P11
Australian reporter sacked for Gallipoli comments. P16
Obituary: Arts supremo Lord Birkett. P29
Fall in EE’s sales pose headache for BT as it takes over mobile operator. B3
Most of the FTSE 100 ‘failing’ at digital media. B5
Feature: Couple who hooked a big one with TV idol of fishing. B8
Financial Times
Concerns grow about editorial freedom at Spanish broadcaster. P8
Comment: The political storm over the Googleplex. P13
Google open to changing news service in alliance to help pressed publishers. P17
US regulator blocks $30bn chipmaking sector merger. P21
Google’s Europe strategy chief in charm offensive. P21
EE pays £400m to joint owners in run-up to sale. P22
The Times
Salman Rushdie attacks authors’ protest at free speech prize for Charlie Hebdo. P3
Businesses back out from Tories’ letter to Telegraph. P9
Slow TV to come to British screens. P13
Cleared Sun boss calls trials a witch-hunt. P19
More freedom to roam is coming at a price for EE. P43
Obituary: Journalist Richard West. P53
The Independent
Salman Rushdie attacks authors’ protest at free speech prize for Charlie Hebdo. P9. Editorial. P2
No show at X Factor auditions in Liverpool. P11
Activists deface ‘sexist’ posters. P18
Interview: Shameless creator Paul Abbott. P38
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Claude Littner will be Lord Sugar’s new Apprentice sidekick. P3
Outrage over bikini body ad. P9
Jeremy Paxman no longer watches Newsnight. P15
Authors turn on each other over plan to honour Charlie Hebdo. P17
Abducted crew from Libyan TV network found dead. P25
Liverpool auditions for the X Factor almost ‘empty’. P27
Interview with TV playwright Paul Abbott. P36
Wall Street Journal Europe
Editorial: Apple’s antitrust lord. P12
Feature: The US government’s internet monopoly. P14
Daily Mail
Cleared Sun boss calls trials a witch-hunt. P4
Ephraim Hardcastle on media. P21
Former Daily Mail editor Arthur Brittenden dies. P24
Watchdogs will delay BT bid for EE ‘all year’. P67
Channel 4 sound fails at Sandown presentation. P75
Sky Sports pundits to be paid by appearance. P75
Gary Lineker in talks with BBC. P75
Daily Express
Sheridan Smith says playing cancer-stricken woman pushed her to breaking point. P7
Ukip complain over ‘unfair’ BBC. P9
How TV’s Bodie and Doyle made up. P18
The Sun
BBC in row on ‘wealthy jews’. P5
Forty-five thousand sign ‘fit shaming’ petition over advert. P6
Ally Ross on TV. P11
£20m ‘witch-hunt’ blasted as tabloid trials collapse. P12
Britain’s Got Talent coverage. P27
Claude Littner will be Lord Sugar’s new Apprentice sidekick. P28
Six million viewers tune in to Poldark final episode. P28
Jeremy Paxman’s TV guilty pleasure is Take Me out. P28
Daily Mirror
Jeremy Paxman is an unlikely fan of Take Me Out. P5
Claude Littner will be Lord Sugar’s new Apprentice sidekick. P11
Ex-Mirror man attacks the Met as Elveden charges dropped. P14
Ian Hyland on TV. P23
TV phone call cost to be spelt out. P22
Daily Star
Katie Price and Peter Andre set to be reunited in Celebrity Big Brother. P1, 3
Geordie Shore star blasted over hippy crack. P10
Bruce Jenney to star in documentary about new life as a woman. P17
Claude Littner will be Lord Sugar’s new Apprentice sidekick. P26
