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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Ian McKellen calls for more plays to be shown on TV. P5
TalkTalk warns customers over cyber-attack. P5
Disney to launch UK film and TV streaming service. P14
Amazon and Google beat expectations. P31
Obituary: BBC2 presenter Michael Dean. P41
Daily Telegraph
Tony Hall: BBC guidelines let it campaign for the licence fee. P2
BBC show in theatre row. P10
Liberty in talks on $5.5bn Cable & Wireless Communications bid. B1
Financial Times
TV listings magazines thrive despite digital shift. P4
Personal technology. P14
Analysis: Publicis – ad break. P16
Liberty in talks on $5.5bn Cable & Wireless Communications bid. P17
Comment: Paywalls look to be the future for news sites born on the internet. P18
Google launches European journalism fund. P18
Fast-moving Samsung looks to rake in the chips. P20
Taiwan iPhone maker accused of unsafe and illegal practices. P20
Publicis in shares plunge. P21
The Times
Julian Assange becomes Libellus Blockbustus in Asterix strip. P24
Liberty in talks on $5.5bn Cable & Wireless Communications bid. P41
Obituary: Actor Richard Davies. P57
The Independent
Comment: There’s no glamour in tombstoning, despite the TV ads. P33
Publicis in shares plunge. P56
Liberty in talks on $5.5bn Cable & Wireless Communications bid. P57
Amazon reports a rare profit on web services. P57
Analysis: Will the Murdochs reach for the Sky again? P59
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Breakfast host inadvertently calls Daniel Craig ‘Craig David’. P15
Horrible Histories up for three British Academy Children’s Awards. P25
Inside Television. P37
Publicis cuts growth forecasts. P50
Wall Street Journal Europe
Google parent Alphabet posts gain in earnings. A1
Liberty in talks on $5.5bn Cable & Wireless Communications bid. B1
Microsoft profit rises. B1
Ad-free YouTube to start next week. B3
Amazon posts profit. B3
Publicis in shares plunge. B4
Daily Mail
Ephraim Hardcastle on media. P19
Disney to launch UK film and TV streaming service. P25
Kay Burley cuts RSPCA out of will. P40
Liberty in talks on $5.5bn Cable & Wireless Communications bid. P78
TalkSport gives false impression correspondents are at live matches. P89
BBC Radio 5 Live relegates Rugby World Cup semi-final coverage. P89
Daily Express
Susanna Reid flirts with Simon Cowell during interview. P3
The Sun
BBC chiefs savaged by MP for ‘covertly’ organising a letter supporting the corporation. P2
Eamonn Holmes thinks punishing work regime will kill him. P41
Daily Mirror
The X Factor heads to Mongolia. P9
Daily Star
Simon Cowell set to make a comeback on US TV. P4
Chris Evans vows to out-do Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear. P6
Kara Tointon to star in live TV dramatisation of The Sound of Music. P27
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