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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
BBC staff ‘seen as traitors’ for exposing Jimmy Savile errors. P14
Colombian nuns sue Tv company dramatising saint’s life. P18
Sky tops 12 million customers in UK and Ireland. P27
Hadley Freeman: Don’t believe Hollywood’s sexual fantasies about female journalists. P35
Obituary: BBC racing commentator Peter O’Sullevan. P37
Daily Telegraph
BBC racing commentator Peter O’Sullevan dies aged 97. P1
Sky demands changes to how BBC controls access to iPlayer. P27
Obituary: Peter O’Sullevan. P31
Peter O’Sullevan tribute. Sport P10-11
Financial Times
ProSieben and Axel Springer ditch tie-up talks. P16
Twitter chief’s vision reveals ‘shades of Steve Jobs’. P19
Sky profits boosted by 1 million new customers. P20
The Times
BBC racing commentator Peter O’Sullevan dies aged 97. P4
BBC staff ‘squeezed out’ for talking about Jimmy Savile. P20
Sky shows fortitide to beat off pay-TV rivals. P43
The Independent
TV station fined after yoga guru promises to cure cancer with basil. P17
Obituary: BBC racing commentator Peter O’Sullevan. P46
Obituary: magazine journalist Ingrid Sischy. P47
Sky gains 124,000 UK customers. P49
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Breaking Bad lab goes up for sale. P5
TV show fined for saying basil can cure cancer. P11
Cara Delevingne defends herself after US TV car-crash interview. P19
Simon Kelner: spendthrift Speaker should study newspapers. P20
Sky stays ahead of the game. P41
Wall Street Journal Europe
Axel Springer’s merger talks with ProSieben end. P1,18
Daily Mail
BBC racing commentator Peter O’Sullevan dies aged 97. P12
Twitter shares tumble after poor monthly update. P73
New dramas help Sky beat forecasts. P74
Daily Express
Tributes paid to voice of horse racing Sir Peter O’Sullevan. P8, P56
Broadcaster angrily denies Lord Sewel’s sex claim. P5
Britons spend nine-and-a-half years watching TV during their lifetime. P8
Cara Delevingne’s car-crash TV interview. P19
Sky adds half a milion UK customers. P45
The Sun
ITV ‘looking to pinch The Voice from BBC when deal expires’. P7
BBC racing commentator Peter O’Sullevan dies aged 97. P17
Britain’s Got Talent winner Jules O’Dwyer lands her own children’s TV series. P31
Sarah Harding has ‘absolutely no chance’ of returning to Coronation Street. P31
Gabby Logan interviewed on ITV’s Flockstars. P32-33
Daily Mirror
Chris Evans ‘wants Jenson Button to join him on Top Gear’. P3
BBC racing commentator Peter O’Sullevan dies aged 97. P13
Britons spend nearly a decade of their lives watching TV. P28
Daily Star
Jenson Button could be Top Gear’s new co-host. P3
BBC’s voice of racing Sir Peter O’Sullevan dies aged 97. P6
Hulk Hogan pulls out of Celebrity Big Brother. P23
Ripper Street fans given the chance to appear in next series. P26
