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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Adele album poised to shatter UK sales record. P7
Tony Hall seeks independent regulation of the BBC. P10
Washington Post reporter sentenced to jail in Iran. P19
The readers’ editor on what the Guardian got right and wrong in its coverage of the Paris attacks. P30
Marvel’s Stan Lee: ‘I’d never really thought of doing comics for a living’. P34
VR brings fresh perspective to journalism. P35
Felix Salmon: Is mobile making media all the same? P35
Round Table: A creative approach to native advertising. P36
Obituary: TV broadcaster Peter Dimmock. P39
Instagram poets become stars. G2 P18
Daily Telegraph
Tony Hall: give viewers a vote on major change to BBC. P1-2
Churches want cinemas to block Christmas ads. P1,11
Police question John Leslie over sexual assault allegations. P14
Washington Post reporter sentenced to jail in Iran. P19
Obituary: TV broadcaster Peter Dimmock. P31
Profile of Liberty Global’s John Malone. Business P5
Interview with Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger. Business P8
Financial Times
Interview: Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn. P16
The Times
Church fury over cinema ban on prayer ad. P1-2
Tony Hall: give viewers a vote on major change to BBC> P3
Scottish government demands all TV licence fees collected in Scotland are spent there. P19
John Leslie quizzed over sex attack claim. P23
The Independent
John McDonnell threatens to ‘break up’ British media. P4
Big Issue moves into the coffee business. P11
Lord Hall calls for online vote on BBC changes. P15
John Leslie ‘questions about sexual assault’. P21
Men still vastly outnumber women in senior media roles and in news coverage. P38
Social media is too slow and too smug. P39
The Week Junior launches. P39
Obituary: actor Keith Michell. P49
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BBC chief promises policy vote to licence fee-payers. P13
Labour threatens press bosses over Corbyn reaction. P13
Life in brief: actor Keith Michell. P14
John Leslie questioned over assault. P28
What’s the story? Women are turning away from the news. P47
PR and advertising: even the best reputations can be fragile. P47
Social media indignation - and the facts. P47
The Week Junior launches. P47
Wall Street Journal
Pearson and Dow Jones sell stakes in Russia’s Vedomosti. B4
Star Wars ticket presales top $50m. B4
Daily Mail
Cinemas ban ad encouraging prayer while allowing alcohol and videogame campaigns. P1,4
Stop meddling, BBC boss tells MPs. P2
Cinemas let 12-year-olds watch sex and horror ads. P4
Trans campaigners complain about Benedict Cumberbatch’s role in Zoolander 2. P11
Editorial: Cinema bosses spark outrage by refusing to screen prayer ad. P14
Death of Clara in Doctor Who was ‘too scary for children’. P19
Strictly Come Dancing is rigged, claims dancer Ola Jordan. P22
John Leslie in police quiz over alleged assault. P25
Daily Express
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P3
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P8
John Leslie quizzed on sex assault claim. P15
The Sun
Eileen Derbyshire to leave Coronation Street. P3
US journalist sentenced to jail in Iran for ‘spying’. P8
Doctor Who bosses defend companion’s death scenes. P14
The X Factor coverage. P37
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P37
The Apprentice rocked again by row between contestants. P37
Daily Mirror
Hundreds of VIPs in abuse probe. P2
John Leslie stays silent in sex claim storm. P7
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P10, P11
The X Factor coverage. P17
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P20
Daily Star
John Leslie questioned over assault. P1, P19
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P1, P4, P5
BBC chiefs spent £1m on advice on how to save the BBC. P2
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P6
The X Factor coverage. P7
Rolf Harris on suicide watch in jail. P19
Mary Berry to appear on Radio 2 Christmas Eve special. P29
Christopher Biggins blasts plans for Porridge remake. P29
