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Nick Grimshaw Radio 1
Nick Grimshaw’s Radio 1 breakfast show averaged 5.5 million listeners a week in the first three months of 2015– the show’s lowest audience since Sara Cox’s last three months in the job in 2003. Photograph: Ian West/PA

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Radio 1 loses nearly 1m listeners as Nick Grimshaw hits 12-year breakfast low
BBC station’s audience at lowest for 10 years as star DJ’s ratings continue to suffer, while Radio 4 Extra passes 6 Music in popularity

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Sky to offer six times more kids’ TV in multimillion-pound push
Broadcaster aims to be leading destination for children’s programming, with more on-demand episodes including Dora the Explorer and In the Night Garden

Today’s headlines

The Guardian
Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking while News of the World editor, jury told. P7
BBC Radio 1’s ratings fall to lowest level in more than a decade. P11

Daily Telegraph
BBC meddlers tried to sack Richard Hammond, says Top Gear producer. P9
Spotify to offer videos. Business P3

Financial Times
Interview with Beggars Group founder Martin Mills. P14
Spotify makes push into video and podcasts. P19

The Times
Andy Coulson knew journalists hacked phones, trial told. P4
TV and film stars among child sex suspects. P9
‘Gratuitous’ rape scene horrifies Game of Thrones fans. P23
Prostitutes who killed Google executive is jailed. P36
Obituary: editor and writer Pat Miller. P54

The Independent
Vintage comedy helps Radio 4 Extra become biggest digital station in UK. P5
Spotify offer news clips and videos to take on rival services. P17
French telecoms firm bids for US cable giants. P51

i
Facebook nipple ruling challenged. P3
Morph to return to TV. P17
David Letterman calls it a day after 33 years. P27
Radio 4 Extra audiences soar to 2.17 million. P27
Spotify to add video clips. P27
French bidder for Time Warner. P50

Wall Street Journal Europe
Is ‘toys to life’ the future of video games? P20

Daily Mail
178 showbiz figures and 76 politicians in sex abuse probe. P19

Daily Express
178 celebrities amongst child sex abuse suspects being probed by police. P7

The Sun
Radio 1 breakfast show hits 12-year listener low. P4
Spotify to suggest playlists based on listening habits. P8
Two suspected extremists arrested for stalking Charlie Hebdo boss. P28
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini will be only woman on X Factor panel. P33
Channel 4’s High Class Call Girls. P34-35

Daily Mirror
Barbara Windsor want Sheridan Smith to play her in biopic. P3
135 TV, radio or film stars being suspected of child sex abuse. P11
Nick Grimshaw loses 409,000 Breakfast Show listeners. P15
Plice arrest Islamists in new Charlie Hebdo scare. P30

Daily Star
BBC bosses tried to sack Richard Hammond after first Top Gear series. P3
Morph is back on kids’ TV. P3
Catherine Tate’s Nan character to return for TV specials. P3
Big Brother coverage. P6
Radio 1 looses almost 500,000 listeners aged 30 and over. P9
Fans urge boycott of Game Of Thrones following rape plot. P16
Police are probing 261 suspected celebrity paedophiles. P20
BBC to launch new buddy cop show The Interceptor. P32

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