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Can Twitter reinvent itself with packaged news before it gets sold?
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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
This is England raises the prospect of 1992, 1998 and 2000 versions. P5
Alan Rusbridger accuses press of ‘bunker mentality’ over phone hacking. P10
Playboy stirs debate with decision to stop publishing nude photos. P18
Trinity Mirror poised to clinch £220m Local World deal. P22
Lucy Mangan: Don’t blame advertisers alone for fetishising thin women. P27
Letter: the BBC’s Danny Cohen is graet at bureaucracy. P28
The readers’ editor on the meaning of the word ‘moderniser’. P28
Metro’s Ted Young: ‘Our job is as an anchor, telling the basic story. P32
Newspapers face up to the ad crunch in print and digital. P33
Emily Bell: Can Twitter reinvent itself with packaged news before it gets sold? P33
Daily Telegraph
BBC may swap gongs for pips when Big Ben falls silent. P4
Nadiya Jamir Hussain gives Hello! magazine interview. P5
Maureen Lipman interviewed on Gold sitcom Bull. P24
Financial Times
Jonathan Ford: Pressure is building on Netflix to cash in on its streaming land grab. P18
The Times
Chinese state broadcaster in joint-venture deal with Octonauts maker Silvergate. P47
The Independent
Ian Burrell: The newspaper industry has a fight on its hands but there is hope for the future. P38-39
The BBC’s licence fee battle is not yet won. P39
Commercial TV faces threats from all sides. P39
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The Great British Bake Off winner reveals she nearly quit. P3
Prince William makes appear on Chinese TV. P11
South Korean male TV chefs overturn tradition. P3, P27
Things are brighter for newspapers, but newsrooms lag behind times. P41
Majority favour for updated BBC licence fee. P41
Marketing and branding: Tesco hopes to win hearts with ad drive. P41
YouTube’s show of strength. P41
Wall Street Journal
Steve Ballmer takes 4% stake in Twitter. B3
Daily Mail
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P1,7
Facebook staff in UK to get £250m shares windfall. P27
Former Daily Mail chief crime reporter Peter Burden dies aged 77. P34
BT poaches pundit Trevor Francis from Sky. P85
Daily Express
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P9
Nigel Havers reveals hell-raising past in BBC show. P19
The Sun
BBC’s Danny Cohen criticised (in letter to the Guardian). P2
Coronation Street star in Twitter shock. P3
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P7
Coverage of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins. P13
The X Factor coverage. P35
Daily Mirror
Bake Off winner almost quit. P3
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P9
Daily Star
The X Factor coverage. P4
Chris Evans plans Top Gear theme park. P9
Old Coronation Street set to be demolished. P18
20 Years of Hollyoaks. P24, P25
Game of Thrones actor Faye Marsay favourite to be new Doctor Who companion. P27
