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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Yves Saint Laurent ad banned for using ‘unhealthily underweight’ model. P10
US passes bill ending bulk data collection. P13
Tiffany backs reporter in blood diamonds case. P16
Denis O’Brien never meant to gag Irish MP, tycoon’s lawyers tell court. P19
AO World shares slip. P21
Daily Telegraph
Susanna Reid denies flirting. P6
James Harding: BBC is not biased to left-wing. P10
AO World shares slip. B3
Fitbit looks to raise $478m in flotation. B4
How Netflix is killing off mandatory licence fees. B5
Gary Lineker in line for BT Sport role. S8
Financial Times
‘Snooper’s charter’ spurs tech companies to relocate. P2
Financier to head data centre. P4
US passes bill ending bulk data collection. P5
Fitbit targets $478m from listing to bulk up for wearables fight with Apple. P15
Smartphone shift to revolutionise media access. P16
Silicon Valley taps appetite for ‘private IPOs’. P17
Lookout targets ‘bring your own’ smartphone hacking risks. P18
AO World shares slip. P20
The Times
Diary: media news. P11
Michael Fish hits out at simplistic BBC forecasts. P13
BBC programmes would be ‘mutilated’ by cash squeeze. P18
YSL advert banned over underweight model. P21
Turkish president on attack over paper’s weapons claim. P30
UK media to cash in as entertainment sector soars. P36
AO World shares slip. P38
The Independent
YSL advert banned over underweight model. P13
Political pressure made BBC’s election coverage ‘hell on wheels’. P16
Angola condemned for prosecuting reporter who exposed trade in blood diamonds. P23
Irish media ‘free to report on Denis O’Brien’. P51
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BBC to review use of poll data. P17
ITV boss admits failing on BGT dog act. P23
Convicted blood-diamond journalist vows to fight on. P25
Ms Jenner and the transformative pull of Vanity Fair. P27
Wall Street Journal Europe
Court sides with Irish press on gag order. P4
South Africa lures TV production companies. P15
Samsung’s Galaxy S6 gives chase to iPhone 6. P16
Liberty Global and Vodafone may not match. P28
Daily Mail
BBC show seen by just 39,000 ‘is a success’. P7
Simon Cowell defends BGT canine stunt double. P11
Ephraim Hardcastle on media. P19
No leftwing bias here, says BBC News chief. P20
YSL ad banned over underweight model. P26
AO World shares slip. P64
Pressure rises over Sir Martin Sorrell’s ‘excessive’ pay. P65
Daily Express
Don’t call me flirty, says Susanna Reid. P1, 3
Olivia Coleman says she struggles to get work. P18
The Sun
Simon Cowell calls the dog double scandal a ‘massive cock-up’. P3
Study finds kids are becoming less scared of horror shown on TV. P14
BBC director of news says Tory win shows it has no leftwing bias. P15
Susanna Reid talks of her frustration at being labelled a flirt. P25
ITV chiefs order six more series of Towie. P29
Teletubbies given 21st century makeover. P29
BBC chief says he will axe shows if licence fee cheats escape court. P31
Daily Mirror
Simon Cowell says his team is to blame for stunt dog scandal. P1, 6, 7
Daily Star
Susanna Reid says she’s hurt by flirty claims. P7
Simon Cowell and team take the rap for BGT dog debacle. P9
Louis Walsh turns down I’m a Celebrity. P9
BBC boss threatens to scrap shows if licence fee dodgers are spared court. P11
Big Brother coverage. P11
Football promo ad banned after just one complaint. P22
ITV chiefs order six more series of Towie. P26
Bumper ratings earn Home Fires a second series. P26
