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Adele helped British CD sales experience the smallest rate of decline in a decade
Adele helped British CD sales experience the smallest rate of decline in a decade. Photograph: REX Shutterstock

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Netflix, Spotify and Apple power UK entertainment revenue to record £6.1bn
Sales of Adele’s 25 slow decline in music sales enough for music spending to rise for the first time in at least a decade

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Vice journalist Mohammed Rasool released from prison in Turkey
Iraqi reporter was detained in August filming clashes between authorities and PKK and charged with aiding terrorists

Today’s headlines

The Guardian
Chris Gayle cricket sexism row: Network Ten reporter says ‘we want equality’. P3
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes to publish latest novel via an app. P15
Spelling error on Charlie Hebdo memorial plaque. P18
Adele helps music market end 2015 on a high note. P24
War and Peace: BBC faces more mumble moans. G2 P2
Pass Notes on Barry Humphries. G2 P3

Daily Telegraph
Spotify puts music sales back on track. P10
Transgender BBC star demands Barry Humphries must apologise or lose Radio 2 show. P13
Twitter may lift tweet limit to 10,000 characters. Business P1
Vintage lenses all the rage in hunt for ‘Poldark effect’. Business P3
Mind Candy has ‘significant doubt’ over loan repayments. Business P3

Financial Times
Music to retailers; ears as fall in CD sales slows. P4
Donald Trump uses TV adverts for first time to bolster presidential push. P5
Can Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google continue to prop up the US stock market? P14

The Times
Facebook ‘studied its users in secret’. P15
Twitter may lift tweet limit to 10,000 characters. P15
Loser’s tantrum on Come Dine With Me goes viral. P19
Backlash over Charlie Hebdo’s anniversary edition. P31
French gameshow host started dressing as a young woman after rumours he would be sacked due to his age. P31
Entertainment sector delivers record high in sales. P38
IS it OK to ogle TV totty? Times2 P2-3

The Independent
Asbestos factory ‘spied on journalists’. P9
Murder hunt launched as three bodies found in Eastenders actor’s garden. P14
Adele bigger than football as sales outstrip Fifa 16 game. P15
Jailed journalist Mohammed Rasool freed after four months. P25
Terence Blacker: The BBC has lost its courage and we need it back. P28
Comic Strip presents talk about phone-hacking parody. P38

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Police find three bodies in search for missing EastEnders actor. P5
Widow of Charlie Hebdo attack victim files lawsuit. P11
Scots TV pioneer wins an Emmy. P20
Asbestos factory ‘spied on journalists’. P21

Wall Street Journal
Facebook and others strive to copy China’s WeChat success in linking messaging apps to shopping and services. B1
Twitter planning to extend 140-character limit to 10,000. B2

Daily Mail
Correction about diary item on Lords speaker Baroness D’Souza. P2
Sarah Vine: the new BBC3 logo is beyond satire. P15
Loser’s tantrum on Come Dine With Me goes viral. P31
BT Sport hit by loss of senior executive producer Grant Best. P79
Sky’s South African cricket coverage hit by cost-cutting. P79

Daily Express
Cricket star is fined for flirting with TV presenter. P3
Record-breaking sales in 2015 for Adele’s album 25. P3
EastEnders actor and her two children found dead in garden. P9
How Ant and Dec rose to be royal favourites. P21

The Sun
Police find three bodies in search for missing EastEnders actor. P1,5
Top Gear’s Chris Evans ‘struggles to talk and drive at the same time’. P3
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride is an international cinema hit. P8
Guide to the BBC’s War and Peace. P30-31
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P35

Daily Mirror
Missing soap star found buried in her garden. P1, P4, P5
Cricket ace fined for making pass at TV reporter. P6
ITV axes Jekyll and Hyde. P7
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P27
Sales of vinyl soared by 64% in 2015. P44

Daily Star
EastEnders star’s body found in garden. P1,7
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P1,4-5
Twitter builds new message feature. P15
Ant and Dec tipped for knighthoods following Prince Charles interview. P26

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