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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
The Guardian to publish Prince Charles’s ‘black spider memos’. P1-2
Armando Iannucci to deliver MacTaggart lecture. P4
Government revives plan to decriminalise BBC licence fee non-payment. P8
Jane Martinson: Rightwing papers turn their sights on the BBC. P9
Verizon to buy AOL. P24
Channel 4’s US drama Empire. G2 P18-19
Daily Telegraph
Prince Charles ‘calm’ about publication of ‘black spider memos’. P1
BBC to air animated Watership Down in 2016. P2
Rupert Everett: US audiences don’t like working-class actors. P3
Government revives plan to decriminalise BBC licence fee non-payment. P4
Jeremy Warner: Time for the anachronistic BBC to be cut down to size. Business P2
Verizon to buy AOL. Business P4
Financial Times
Verizon to buy AOL. P1
Lex on Verizon’s AOL takeover. P16
AOL’s video ads take starring role for Verizon. P18
Richard Waters: Verizon’s AOL takeover is no Time Warner moment but risks looking like too little, too late. P18
The Times
Prince Charles’s ‘black spider memos’ to be released. P4
BBC licence fee warnings fall on deaf Conservative ears. P10
Prince Harry makes his peace with Twitter. P15
Google faces court action after refusing requests to be forgotten. P17
Police missed an opportunity to investigate Jimmy Savile. P17
Court hears reporter ‘paid £22,000 to top anti-terror officer’. P23
Verizon to pay $4.4bn for AOL. P41
The Independent
Prince Charles’s ‘black spider memos’ to be published. P10
Third secular blogger hacked to death in Banglasdesh. P25
AOL scooped up by Verizon for $4.4bn. P51
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US vows to bring home journalist missing in Syria. P2
BBC pledges to make more Poldark. P15
Prince Charles’s ‘black spider memos’ to be published. P21
Verizon snaps up AOL in US deal worth £2.8bn. P47
Wall Street Journal Europe
Verizon gets ad tech with AOL. P1,19
EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’ rulling, one year on. P1,19
Vivendi’s first-quarter profit falls sharply. P16
Daily Mail
Government revives plan to decriminalise BBC licence fee non-payment. P2
Police missed chance to investigate Jimmy Savile in 2008. P26
BBC blasted over Bradford fire film. P26
Gardeners’ fury at BBC’s ‘dumbing down’ Chelsea garden contest. P35
BBC film to salute grieving army dad who took on Tony Blair. P38
Verizon to buy AOL. P71
Daily Express
Success of Poldark could mean five more series. P3
Kelly’s Eye: time for BBC to repeat Marvellous. P14
Sarah Jessica Parker hints third Sex and the City film is in the pipeline. P18
The Sun
Channel 4 series to show total strangers getting married. P3
Shayne Ward to join Coronation Street. P7
Benefits Street star praised for caring for disabled son. P8
Big Brother coverage. P31
Rupert Everett to join BBC1’s The Musketeers. P32
Olly Murs on joining The X Factor presenting team. P32-33
Daily Mirror
Prnce Charles’ secret memos to be published. P1,7
Jeremy Clarkson comes up with ‘genius’ name for new show. P3
Police missed chance to quiz Jimmy Savile three years before he died. P4
Interview with new The X Factor hosts. P15
ITV due to pre-record daytime shows due to strike. P17
Daily Star
Big Brother coverage. P1,5
Richard and Judy spotted having a meeting with Strictly bosses. P3
Shayne Ward to join Coronation Street cast. P8
Bungle that let Jimmy Savile escape investigation. P16
Date set for Andy Coulson’s perjury trial. P18
Rupert Everett and Matthew McNulty to join Musketeers in next series. P26
