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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
BBC iPlayer watched by more than 60 million outside UK for free. P8
Apple beats forecasts but shares take dive. P23
Obituary: TV character actor Aubrey Morris. P37
A day with Radio 3 controller Alan Davey. G2 P18-20
Daily Telegraph
BBC TV extra who groped woman’s backside ‘was trying to break the ice’. P9
Sex in ads doesn’t sell, study claims. P9
BBC costume drama The Scandalous Lady W littered with F-words. P9
Allison Pearson: My eight-point plan for saving the BBC. P25
Apple hit by app services failure just hours ahead of results. Business P1
Financial Times
Can European tech startups rival Silicon Valley? P11
Profile of online film distributor Mubi. P14
Fresh threat to Google in Brussels fight. P18
Sky warns of competition threat from BT-EE deal. P22
The Times
Make money from 65 million overseas viewers, the BBC is told. P2
Broadband costs six times more than adverts suggest. P2
Bill Turnbull in C-word slip-up on BBC Breakfast. P11
Busines broadband is ‘priority’ for Ofcom. P41
The Independent
Sex does not sell, advertisers are told. P9
Cerys Matthews defends BBC champion in the House of Lords. P14
60 million people are watching BBC free outside UK. P19
Spanish journalists may have been kidnapped by Isis. P26
Ofcom won’t take over governance of BBC, says its new chief. P51
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Breakfast presenter in C-word slip-up. P5
Ofcom won’t take over governance of BBC, says its new chief. P6
Simon Kelner: Who lies behind attacks on the BBC? P18
BBC ‘missing out on global millions’. P24
Wall Street Journal Europe
Apple recruits experts from auto industry. P18
Daily Mail
BBC apologises for ‘sexist’ Open comment by Peter Alliss. P13
Sarah Vine: Digital TV is as bad as DAB radio. P15
Guy Walters: That’s it! I’m binnning my digital radio. P22
Sex in ads doesn’t sell, study claims. P25
Bill Turnbull in C-word slip-up on BBC Breakfast. P26
Was Danny Cohen’s wife Noreena Hertz behind the BBC ‘luvvie letter’? P30-31
Daily Express
BBC host Bill Turnbull in swearword blunder. P4
The Sun
Ex-News International lawyer Jon Chapman ‘cleared of seeking to hide phone-hacking’. P2
Police ‘launched fishing expedition’ against Sun journalists over Plebgate. P4
Bill Turnbull in C-word slip-up on BBC Breakfast. P7
BBC TV extra who groped woman’s backside ‘was trying to break the ice’. P20
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P29
Kellie Maloney on her TV ambitions. P30-31
Daily Mirror
Doctor Who actor Olaf Pooley dies aged 101. P7
Chris Evans starts work on Top Gear. P11
Sir David Attenborough to return to BBC for series on predators and prey. P15
BBC Breakfast presenter in C-word slip-up. P20
Daily Star
Bill Turnbull uses the C-word live on TV. P3
Vicar in TV wedding show hits out. P6
The X Factor auditions coverage. P7
Poldark actor hints at more raunch in next series. P26
Grantchester to return for second series. P26
