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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Amazon chief urges staff to report callous managers directly to him. P2. Comment: P23
YouTube and Vevo to display age ratings for UK-produced music videos. P3
Britain’s Got Talent viewers misled by stunt dog, Ofcom says. P4
Obituary: Broadcaster Brian Groombridge. P33
Daily Telegraph
YouTube and Vevo to display age ratings for UK-produced music videos. P1
ITV faces £50,000 bill for using dog lookalike. P2
Human rights fears over Egypt’s new laws to stamp out dissent. P14
Financial Times
Jeff Bezos urges Amazon staff to speak out. P1, 12
Spain news site sends defiant signal over press freedom fears. P7
Comment: China’s social media explosion has shattered the official silence. P13
Comment: Time is a resource that Google can ill afford to waste. P14
BuzzFeed in Yahoo Japan tie-up. P17
Podcast group Midroll Media adopts a paid model. P17
QVC owners buy shopping website for $2.4bn. P18
The Times
YouTube and Vevo to display age ratings for UK-produced music videos. P9
Tom Bradby wrong about suicide, say Greeks. P11
Amazon staff ‘chewed up and spat out by brutal culture’. P13
Britain’s Got Talent voters win refund for stunt-double dog. P23
BBC broke rules on sponsored programmes. P23
Comment: TV is no longer the centre of cultural life, so there’s no justification for the licence fee. P26
Egypt cracks down on dissent with new laws. P32
QVC buys retail website Zulily. P38
Comment: Who’d want to be an Amazon drone? P39
Inbetweeners makers launch production company. P43
Simon’s Cat bought by Endemol. P46
Comment: Vinnie Jones is ideally placed to be Sky’s weapon of choice. P63
The Independent
BBC showed propaganda shows – but didn’t tell its viewers. P1, 14
YouTube and Vevo to display age ratings for UK-produced music videos. P5
Report bullies to me, says Amazon chief. P13
How the BBC and CNN sold out to the PR industry. P14, 15
Grace Dent: I sold my soul to the Amazon Prime devil long ago. P28
Apple looks to Australian market for bond issue. P49
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Report bullies to me, says Amazon chief. P9
YouTube and Vevo to display age ratings for UK-produced music videos. P9
Grace Dent: I sold my soul to the Amazon Prime devil long ago. P16
BBC showed propaganda shows – but didn’t tell its viewers. P19
Wall Street Journal Europe
QVC buys retail website Zulily. P15
A rival to Uber rises in Singapore. P16
Daily Mail
Britain’s Got Talent did dupe viewers over dog double. P1, 7
How English are jailed over licence fee but Scots aren’t;. P4
Tom Bradby’s sorrow over drowned Greek man. P14
Ephraim Hardcastle on media. P21
What will be named ITV’s best show? P24
Farce of video crackdown that will not cover Rihanna and co. P28
Amazon boss denies staff cry at their desks. P32
Google interest boosts tech pair. P72
Daily Express
Britain’s Got Talent: Viewers get refund in row over winning dog. P1, 3
Peter Hill on media. P14
The Sun
ITV offers to refund viewers who were misled into voting on Britain’s Got Talent. P3
MP rage at ‘butt out’ jibe by head of BBC Trust. P5
Ally Ross on TV. P11
Gemma Collins quits Towie. P27
Brits take over America’s Got Talent. P28
Daily Mirror
Tom Jones on being axed from The Voice. P3
ITV faces £100,000 bill over Britain’s Got Talent dog. P7
YouTube and Vevo to display age ratings for UK-produced music videos. P13
EastEnders cleared over coffin sex scene. P16
Daily Star
Britain’s Got Talent forced to refund viewers. P1, 5
EastEnders cleared over coffin sex scene. P4
Rona Fairhead calls for new rules to protect sport on free-to-air TV. P14
