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BBC’s Alan Yentob defends licence fee after culture secretary calls it ‘regressive’
Corporation’s creative director says the public backs its funding system, following claims by John Whittingdale that the licence fee hits the poor hardest
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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Game of Thrones author defends rape scene. P15
Turkish president declares war on media ahead of election. P19
Daily Telegraph
Woman ‘performed sex act at Radio 2 concert’. P6
TV licence fee hits the poor hardest, says John Whittingdale. P10
Police facing rising tide of social media crimes. P14
Financial Times
Soundcloud signs signs deal with indie giant Merlin. P19
Songkick and Crowdsurge to form a double act. P21
The Times
John Whittingdale attacks ‘regressive’ BBC licence fee. P7
Pinterest adds ‘buy’ button. P18
Pop stars accused of selling out by featuring brands in their songs. P21
Tourism ad campaign brings in £1.2bn. P21
Farmers criticise BBC’s Countryfile. P24
Dutch politician vows to show Muhammad cartoons on TV. P35
The Independent
Seinfeld character was killed of ‘because actress was impossible to work with’. P7
George RR Martin defends Game of Thrones rape scene. P7
Your tweets are now the government’s business. P9
BBC and ITV ‘should not pay Fifa to screen World Cups’. P13
Social media crime investigations soar. P16
Mirror Group appeals against hacking damages. P22
Obituary: radio personality Margaret Juntwait. P52
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Whitehall to monitor our tweets. P7
Why Seinfeld star got his ‘TV fiancee’ bumped off. P19
Rape is part of war, insists Game of Thrones author. P19
Radio 1Xtra launches spoken word project. P43
Wall Street Journal Europe
Google beats Apple over photo software. P25
Daily Mail
The day Kate Moss kicked me out of my seat, by Andrew Marr. P19
Ephraim Hardcastle: BBC executives spend £700,000 on private health insurance. P19
Jan Moir: you’re a fabulous flirt Susanna Reid. Why deny it? P37
Farmers say Countryfile is too ‘London-centric’. P39
Downton Abbey’s Joanne Froggatt to play serial killer in ITV drama. P52
BT to charge as TV war hots up. P87
Daily Express
Diana Ross joins Twitter. P19
The Sun
TV licence fee hits the poor hardest, says John Whittingdale. P2
Police to question 13 celebrities on abuse. P7
Woman ‘performed sex act at Radio 2 concert’. P13
James May and Richard Hammond ‘offered £4.6m to stay on Top Gear’. P17
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P33
TV’s biggest fakery scandals. P34-35
Daily Mirror
Gary Lineker takes wage cut for new five year deal with BBC. P4
Top Gear back on BBC with unshown footage in two special episodes. P13
Julie Walters interview. P17
Daily Star
BBC bid to revive Top Gear. P1,3
Britain’s Got Talent top dogs to battle it out in all-star show. P9
Simon Cowell warns X Factor could be extra cruel. P33
Peter Capaldi to attend Doctor Who festival. P33
