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The Guardian
Amazon results reveal British sales of £5.3bn but tax bill of just £11.9m. P26
Comment: Festivals, flights and fulfilment: welcome to the post-digital world. P35
Daily Telegraph
Google executive dies at Cannes Lions festival. P2
New Statesman editor doubts Andy Burnham’s ‘intellectual capacity’. P4
Why BBC’s new Swallows and Amazons set sail without Titty. P7
BT calls for telephone network to be scrapped. B1, 2
ITV buys Twofour Group for up to £280m. B3
FT battles uncertain future as competition turns digital. B6
Apple Music signs deal with indie labels after about-turn on payments. B6
Financial Times
Carl Icahn earmarks juicy profits from Apple after $2bn return on Netflix share sale. P19
ITV strengthens in-house studios via £280m deal for Twofour. P25
The Times
Google steps up lobbying in Brussels. P2
No more accidental messages as Gmail lets you eat your own words. P3
Google executive dies at Cannes Lions. P8
Diary: media news. P13
Apple Music signs deal with indie labels after about-turn on payments. P18
Reporter loses harassment case. P23
New York Times staff stage mock mass suicide as part of annual summer tradition. P39
ITV buys Twofour Group. P41
The Independent
Google allows emails to be recalled. P19
Yahoo’s board re-elected. P57
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Blue Peter to reveal inside of his stomach on show. P3
Sarah Palin quits Fox to focus on her own channel. P17
The week in radio. P43
Investors vote to keep Yahoo board. P48
Wall Street Journal Europe
IBM teams up with Box to boost cloud services. P17
Facebook facial recognition is latest AI step. P19
Daily Mail
Google allows emails to be recalled. P21
Daily Express
ITV buys Twofour Group. P54
The Sun
News at Ten at war over plans to replace presenters. P7
Channel 4 blasted at doctors’ conference for mocking disabled. P13
David Hasselhoff’s spoof doc snapped up by Netflix. P32
Daily Mirror
Doctors accuse Channel 4 show of exploiting disabled people. P26
ITV buys Twofour Group. P43
BBC rewrites Swallows and Amazons. P3
Daily Star
No plans for big-screen version of Downton Abbey. P3
