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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Entertainment One takes control of Peppa Pig creator in £140m deal. P3
Why everyone loves jumping in puddles with Peppa Pig. P3
Ex-Friends actor David Schwimmer lands Channel 4 sitcom spot. P
British journalists face jail in Indonesia over piracy film. P17
Comedy show brings laughter and song to Iran’s TV screens. P19
New UK law takes consumer rights into the digital age. P28
Obituary: Twin Peaks actor Catherine Coulson. P39
Row over quotas on French radio. G2 P2
Daily Telegraph
Carson and Mrs Hughes to marry in Downton Abbey. P1
BBC abandons live coverage of Open golf championship. P1, Sport P21
BBC’s Alan Yentob accused of trying to influence news reports on Kids Company. P7
Flora Shedden exits The Great British Bake Off. P7
Katherine Parkinson interviewed on BBC sitcom The Kennedys. P26
Twitter founder ‘to be new chief’. Business P4
Entertainment One takes control of Peppa Pig creator in £140m deal. Business P5
Financial Times
Ed Vaizey interviewed on the government’s broadband plans. P3
John Gapper: Publishers need to tighten advertising rules or they will face threat from ad-blocking. P15
Mobile operator Digicel blocks Caribbean network ads to force payment from big web groups. P19
Entertainment One takes control of Peppa Pig creator in £140m deal. P24
Moshi Monsters developer begins search for new leader. P24
The Times
BBC bosses ‘were embarrassed by early success of Only Fools and Horses’. P4
The Independent
Channel 4 unveils new on-screen identity. P18
Why does Channel 5’s CSI: Cyber always make hackers the baddies? P34-35
Entertainment One takes control of Peppa Pig creator in £140m deal. P51
BBC hands Open coverage over to Sky a year early. P55
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Channel 4 to present ‘brave, bizarre’ new one-screen identity. P19
Sherlock and Luther lead TV invasion in sub-Saharan Africa. P21
Lena Dunham quits Twitter after troll abuse. P23
Latest CSI franchise comes to Channel 5 - but is it too kind to cops? P30
Entertainment One takes control of production company behind Peppa Pig. P43
Wall Street Journal Europe
Twitter adds buy button. B3
Daily Mail
BBC abandons live coverage of Open golf championship. P9
Could Twitter break its 140 character barrier? P13
Flora Shedden exits The Great British Bake Off. P29
Priest ‘threatened’ for not having a licence despite not owning a TV. P31
Carson and Mrs Hughes to marry in Downton Abbey. P31
Entertainment One takes control of Peppa Pig creator in £140m deal. P73
Charles Sale: Will BBC axe Formula One next after dropping live Open golf? P79
Daily Express
The Great British Bake Off coverage. P3
Peppa Pig an entertainment cash cow. P47
The Sun
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P3
Bake Off’s Paul Hollywood reveals battle with obsessive compulsive disorder. P9
Priest ‘threatened’ for not having a licence despite not owning a TV. P25
Daily Mirror
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P11
The X Factor and selfies are on the list of things that will be history in the next 10 years. P27
Peppa Pig brings home the bacon for her three creators. P60
BBC puls the plug early on live coverage of Open golf. P61
Daily Star
Simon Cowell says he won’t axe Nick Grimshaw from The X Factor. P3
TV producers warn Rio Ferdinand to front new prank show. P12
Emmerdale to screen flashback episode to reveal who shot Robert Sugden. P26
The Apprentice swept the board at National Reality TV Awards. P26
