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Gus O’Donnell’s Frontier Economics is to investigate how to decrease the £700m burden faced by the BBC taking on the cost of free TV licences for the over-75s
Gus O’Donnell’s Frontier Economics is to investigate how to decrease the £700m burden faced by the BBC taking on the cost of free TV licences for the over-75s. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

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BBC hires Gus O’Donnell firm to review £700m costs of over-75s’ licence fees
Former cabinet secretary’s Frontier Economics to examine how corporation might get over-75s to pay charge voluntarily and reduce burden in future

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Hacked Off criticises ex-Sun political editor’s Ipso board role
Campaign group says Trevor Kavanagh’s appointment shows press watchdog has ‘abandoned even the pretence of independence’Today’s headlines

The Guardian
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P1
Esther Addley on BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P3
BBC Sports Personality of the Year picketed over Tyson Fury’s homophobic remarks. P3
Streaming firms set sights on Christmas Tv breakthrough. P16-17
Hacked Off criticises ex-Sun political editor’s Ipso board role. P18
Netflix ‘paid zero UK corporation tax despite £200m in revenues’. P27
Obituary: TV presenter Jimmy Hill. P35

Daily Telegraph
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P1
Oliver Brown on BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P3
BBC Sports Personality of the Year picketed over Tyson Fury. P3
Dragons’ Den’s Duncan Bannatyne in Twitter row with 12-year-old boy. P7
Call the Midwife stars deliver stinging verdict on ‘hunks and cleavage’ rivals. P11
The Apprentice final coverage. P11
Interview with Not Going Out star Sally Bretton. P22

Financial Times
Star Wars: the Force Awakens breaks box office records. P15

The Times
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P1,3
Neil Fox: I’m only guilty of Benny Hill-style antics. P22
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P22
Comcast in frame for ITV bid. P43
Netflix fuels new drama as UK cash goes to tax haven. P47
Obituary: TV presenter Jimmy Hill. P52

The Independent
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P1
Tom Peck on BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P7
Matthew Norman on Jimmy Hill. P26-27
Ian Burrell: Press and politicians not keen on a second Leveson inquiry. P35
Arise News sued over unpaid earnings. P35
Express Newspapers staff reach eighth year without a pay rise. P25
BBC’s Agatha Christie adaptation filled with drugs, violence and swearing. P37
Obituary: TV presenter Jimmy Hill. P44-45
Netflix ‘paid zero UK corporation tax despite £200m in revenues’. P48

i
Football’s tributes to ‘game changer’ Jimmy Hill. P8
Life in brief: Jimmy Hill. P12
Darcey Bussell says Strictly Come Dancing fix claims are nonsense. P15
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of The Year. P24
No appetites for Leveson Part 2 as press regulator shows its teeth. P41
PR and advertising: a tough year for VW. P41
The news station that’s making news. P41
Pay rise blown away at the Express. P41
STV’s first update since profit shock. P42

Wall Street Journal Europe
Star Wars: the Force Awakens breaks box office records. P1-2

Daily Mail
Tyson Fury makes partial apology for remarks at BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P5
Christine Bleakley marries. P6-7
Netflix ‘paid zero UK corporation tax despite £200m in revenues’. P8
TV shows ‘have ruined the market for antiques’. P9
Andrew Pierce: Will Andy Coulson’s diaries expose David Cameron again? P18
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P22-23
Diary: BBC’s David Dimbleby upset over extension of 10pm news bulletin. P30

Daily Express
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P7
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P9

The Apprentice coverage. P15
How Georgia May Foote became the darling of the Strictly judges. P19

The Sun
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P7
Christine Bleakley marries. P11
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P11
Netflix ‘paid zero UK corporation tax despite £200m in revenues’. P16
Former BBC presenter Stuart Hall refuses to apologise to victims. P21
Couple from Channel 4’s First Dates to marry. P34-35
The Apprentice final coverage. P39

Daily Mirror
Stuart Hall takes his first stroll in freedom. P9
BBC Sports Personality of the Year a voting fiasco. P11
The Apprentice coverage. P11
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P22

Daily Star
Strictly Come Dancing fix fury. P1, P9
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P8
The X Factor coverage. P15
Fans blast complex Doctor Who plots. P29

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