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Daily Express owner Richard Desmond hands Ukip £1.3m
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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Nigel Farage hits out at ‘biased’ audience in BBC debate. P1, 6, 9
Daily Express owner Richard Desmond hands Ukip £1.3m. P6
Caroline Flack and Olly Murs to present X Factor. P20
Comment: If you want to challenge Google, do it now. P39
Soaring social media abuse has Kick It Out looking to protect players. S1, 3
Daily Telegraph
Theft of bronze bust of Fleet Street chief Bert Hardy. P2
Nigel Farage hits out at ‘biased’ audience in BBC debate. P4
BBC to allow product placement on international news channel. P7
DJ Neil Fox trial news. P9
Comment: Ben Bloom becomes web sensation after press conference language mishap. P18
Netflix shares at record high. B3
Analysis: Pearson investors spooked by threat of lawsuit over bungled IT launch. B7
Financial Times
Media regulator looks at lighter touch on television and telecoms industries. P1, 3, 16
‘Silicon Vally’s congressman’ speaks up for Google. P6
Personal technology. P12
Analysis: Netflix – foreign policy. P14
Crisis-hit Sony Pictures sends for a rewrite. P17
CEO pushes Yahoo deeper into search. P17
The Times
Daily Express owner Richard Desmond hands Ukip £1.3m. P2
Nigel Farage lashes out at audience as tempers fray in final TV debate. P8, 9
Julian Assange video sparks boycott by judges. P25
DJ Neil Fox trial news. P26
Google was dragging its feet, says EU chief. P41
Channel 4 to set up video-game publishing business. P41
Apple goes into partnership with US conservation group. P50
The Independent
Party leaders’ TV debate coverage. P8, 9
Daily Express owner Richard Desmond hands Ukip £1m. P11
NUS ad takes aim at Liberal Democrats. P12
DJ Neil Fox trial news. P17
WikiLeaks reveals archive of hacked Sony emails. P30
Comment: The media has turned this into the right-to-lie election. P32
Feature: Sloth the face of three big advertising campaigns. P38, 39
Feature: Downside of Apple’s new emojis. P39
Obituary: Actor Barrie Ingram. P53
Crafts sites Etsy celebrates hugely successful IPO. P56
i
Party leaders’ TV debate coverage. P6
Express owner Richard Desmond give £1m to Ukip. P8
Posthumous book from Charlie Hebdo editor. P26
Inside Television. P39
Wall Street Journal Europe
EU-Google court battle coverage. P1, 19
Comment: Guarding against a ‘cyber 9/11’. P13
Daily Mail
Midsomer Murders introduces its very first Asian star. P5
Party leaders’ TV debate coverage. P10
Ephraim Hardcastle on media. P19
Daily Express
Richard Desmond: Why I’m giving £1.3m to Ukip. P1, 5
Caroline Flack and Olly Murs to present X Factor. P3
Party leaders’ TV debate coverage. P4
Hickey on media. P21
Feature: Lovecheats.com in stock market flotation. P26
The Sun
Party leaders’ TV debate coverage. P2
Caroline Flack and Olly Murs confirmed as X Factor hosts. P7
Chris Evan to host TV and radio concert to mark 70th anniversary of VE day. P13
Court told DJ Neil Fox assaulted girls as young as 13. P19
Anger as iguana’s head is cut off on Bear Grylls’ TV show. P27
Harry Hill’s Stars in Their Eyes has been axed. P33
Mary Portas: Secret Shopper to return for second series. P34
Ground Force looks set to return to the BBC. P35
Daily Mirror
Party leaders’ TV debate coverage. P4
Caroline Flack and Olly Murs to present X Factor. P9
Interview: Angela Rippon. P28
DJ Neil Fox trial news. P32
ITV broadcasts fourth episode of Griff Rhys Jones series first by accident. P41
Netflix shares at record high. P75
Daily Star
Express Newspapers boss boosts Ukip’s election fund. P4
Party leaders’ TV debate coverage. P4
Court told DJ Neil Fox preyed on girl of 13 at show. P9
Good Morning Britain fails to win breakfast wars after a year on air. P16
Caroline Flack and Olly Murs confirmed as X Factor hosts. P27
Casualty travels to Romania for special episode. P27
