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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Channel 4 chief warns sell-off would damage output. P1
9BT Openreach chief leaves position. P29
Obituary: Actor Saeed Jaffrey. P39
Daily Telegraph
Keeping Up Appearances may return to screens. P17
Nick Robinson: Cancer has forever ruined my voice. P17
BBC has lost its marbles, says John Sessions. P17
Obituary: Actor Saeed Jaffrey. P21
Liberty Global bids £3.6bn to grab Cable & Wireless. B1
Qatari broadcaster BeIN Media eyes Hollywood’s Miramax. B4
BT Openreach chief leaves position. B5
Financial Times
BT Openreach chief leaves position. P17
Berlin in audiobook probe of Amazon and Apple. P18
Vivendi push for Telecom Italia seats. P21
The Times
Settlement for Times journalist crushed by lorry. P24
BT Openreach chief leaves position. P40
Liberty Global bids £3.6bn to grab Cable & Wireless. P46
Obituary: Actor Saeed Jaffrey. P56
The Independent
Channel 4 chief warns sell-off would damage output. P16
Presenter quits BBC after calling Christian ‘a bigot’. P19
Obituary: Actor Saeed Jaffrey. P48
Liberty Global picks up Cable & Wireless for £5.4bn. P59
BT Openreach chief leaves position. P62
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Jim Naughtie swears live on Radio 4. P3
Sell-off threatens prestige shows, warns Channel 4 chief. P19
Actor Saeed Jaffrey dies aged 86. P22
Behind the scenes of state-of-the-nation drama Capital. P38
US magnate buys Cable & Wireless for £3.6bn. P48
Wall Street Journal Europe
China experiencing supercomputer boom. B1
Liberty Global to but Caribbean cable firm. B1
Daily Mail
Ephraim Hardcastle: Kay Burley mocked for ‘Sadness in his eyes’ Twitter post. P21
Nick Robinson’s Today debut ruined by croaky voice. P27
John Sessions says bosses are ‘destroying the BBC’. P27
Actor Saeed Jaffrey dies aged 86. P37
Baroness Michelle Moon uses position to silence BBC. P38
Cable & Wireless agrees takeover. P67
Daily Express
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P3, 21
Actor Saeed Jaffrey dies. P9
Hickey on media. P21
BT Openreach chief leaves position. P55
The Sun
Radio 4 host Jime Naughtie lets slip a swear word. P14
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P15
Ally Ross on TV. P19
DJ Neil Fox trial coverage. P20
Human post-mortem to be carried out live on Radio 5. P25
BBC to bring back funny old shows. P29
John Sessions says axe fat cats to save the BBC. P29
The X Factor coverage. P35
Actor Saeed Jaffrey dies aged 86. P35
Liberty Global to buy Cable & Wireless. P43
Daily Mirror
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P10, 11
This Morning’s cheeky ad for Christmas charity. P13
Bernie Clifton to get judge’s role on The Voice. P21
BT Openreach chief leaves position. P44
Daily Star
The X Factor coverage. P7
I’m a Celebrity coverage. P8, 9
Piers Morgan to be ‘Mr Dangerous’ when he starts on GMB. P26
Second series of Kay Mellor’s In the Club to be made. P26
