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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Tim Cook tries to calm investors’ fears over ailing Apple. P2
Government threats to make BBC move Strictly are ridiculous, says Lord Patten. P4
Daily Telegraph
Radio 3 plays birdsong to bring listeners back to nature. P7
BBC is losing ambition to make challenging programmes, warns Lord Patten. P7
Misleading broadband adverts banned. P12
TV outfits that sparked a trend. P25
Channel 4 sale would raise only £500m, says report for broadcaster. Business P8
Financial Times
Lord Patten calls for BBC board to remain independent. P4
Lord Patten comment: Regulate the BBC, do not intimidate it. P13
Tidal faces growth test after Beyoncé bounce. P18
Corbis shifts from photographs to product placement. P20
The Times
I prefer The Archers to Shakespeare, says Globe director. P21
i
Hulk Hogan sues Gawker again. P2, P25
Gary Linker may have to present Match of the Day in his underpants. P5
Lord Patten says banning popular BBC shows is ‘ridiculous’. P18
Iranian cartoonist freed from prison. P24
How Peaky Blinders became a global hit. P34
The New Day
Tories slammed over BBC plans. P8
Downton Abbey helps boost British gin sales in the US. P8
Wall Street Journal
Pinterest poaches staff from mobile ad service URX. B3
Daily Mail
Sarah Vine: Jonathan Cainer and why only fools mock horoscopes. P15
John Whittingdale blasted for BBC ‘meddling’. P28
Daily Express
Ann Widdecombe: BBC must not enter into the ratings war. P13
The Sun
Vernon Kay’s Drive axed by ITV. P3
TV actor who allegedly paid for sex has obtained injunction to prevent UK publications naming him. P5
UK singer’s Welsh flag banned from Eurovision. P33
Star Wars’s Mark Hamill guest edits charity pullout
Daily Mirror
Jeremy Clarkson is still earning money from Top Gear. P11
Beverley Callard returns to work on Coronation Street. P19
Paul Hollywood reckons Mary Berry will still judge Bake Off when she is 124. P21
Silvergate Media to make kids’ series for Netflix. P44
Daily Star
Jeremy Clarkson denies criticising Chris Evans. P3
Mark Wright to feature in new series of Murder in Successville. P22
Stacey Solomon wants to host I’m a Celebrity spin-off show. P22
