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Nick Grimshaw’s Radio 1 breakfast show shed 70,0000 listeners in the three months to the end of September.
Nick Grimshaw’s Radio 1 breakfast show shed 70,0000 listeners in the three months to the end of September. Photograph: Amit & Naroop

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Nick Grimshaw’s X Factor role fails to boost BBC Radio 1 breakfast show
DJ’s flagship programme continues to lose listeners despite presenter’s high-profile role as judge on ITV’s Simon Cowell talent show

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Today’s headlines

The Guardian
Newsnight journalist’s laptop seized by UK police under Terrorism Act. P7
Analysis: Is Apple heading for a fall? P17

Daily Telegraph
BBC spent £27,000 ‘lobbying’ politicians and celebrities at the Proms. P3
ITV bosses accuse BBC of breaking promises it would be more distinctive and not chase ratings. Business P1
Trinity Mirror takes control of Local World in £220m deal. Business P3

Financial Times
Mark Zuckerberg in India to speed up Facebook. P1
Apple chief bites back to keep sceptics at bay. P19
Facebook makes virtue out of India constraints. P19
Trinity Mirror hungry for more acquisitions after Local World deal. P22

The Times
Greg Dyke criticises BBC and ITV for failing to confront football corruption. P8
Ex-BBC boss’s kung-fu attack on George Galloway. P23
Turkish police shut TV station days before election. P36
Internet critic fined for reviewing restaurant before it opened. P37
Sean Bean interview. Times2, P4
Is it the end of the story for eBooks? Times2, P8
Rivals angry as BT given go-ahead for EE takeover. P40
Trinity Mirror deal ‘vote of confidence for local papers’. P44
Map maker takes Grand Theft Auto route to challenge Apple and Google. P47

The Independent
Police use terror laws to seize BBC reporter’s laptop. P1
Editorial: Newsnight and the right to know. P2
Apple rejets Adele request to stock her new CD in its stores. P12
Boots Opticians ad banned as misleading. P12
BBC1’s Citizen Khan aims for big screen. P19
Obituary: Philip French. P47

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Police seize Newsnight journalists laptop after report on jihadists. P6
MI6 advertise for intelligence officers on Mumsnet. P6
Bob Mortimer has triple-bypass operation. P15
Citizen Khan gets set to take on America. P17
Studios greedy for more from Game of Thrones author. P26

Wall Street Journal

Turkish authorities seize two opposition TV stations. A4
Apple TV: a big step towards what TV can become. A8
Twitter growth slowdown stirs investor concern. B3
Weather Channel owner sells some assets to IBM. B3

Daily Mail
Drug dealers ‘drop in monthly to sell cocaine at the BBC’. P23
Jeremy Vine hits back at Strictly Come Dancing trolls. P23
Watchdog backs BT takeover of EE. P69
Trinity Mirror takes control of Local World in £220m deal. P71
John Inverdale redeems himself with excellent Rugby World Cup anchoring. P75
Greg Dyke criticises BBC and ITV for failing to confront football corruption. P75

Daily Express
TV writer Jeremy Lloyd dies penniless. P23
Sweet year for Apple. P47

The Sun
Nick Grimshaw loses listeners. P13
The X Factor in U-turn over fifth judge plan. P15

Daily Mirror
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P3
Watching TV for three-ad-a-half hours a day linked to seven fatal diseases. P4
Poldark’s star’s behind-the-scenes snaps on location. P21

Daily Star
Jekyll and Hyde writer calls complaining parents ‘scaredy cats’. P3
The X Factor coverage. P7

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