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Today’s media stories from the papers

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Cartoonist Luz to quit Charlie Hebdo
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Cartoonists across the world face threats to their liberty … and their lives
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Today’s headlines

The Guardian
BBC crew detained in Qatar while covering migrant worker row. P10. Comment. P16
Nigella Lawson to serve up UK’s Eurovision scores. P10
Investor Carl Icahn presses Apple on returns. P18
BT seeks fast-track assessment of EE deal. P19
Obituary: Former Daily Mail editor Arthur Brittenden. P33

Daily Telegraph
Nigella Lawson to dish out UK’s Eurovision scores. P2
Editorial: ITV’s Queen Victoria dramatisation – no sleaze required. P19
Monty Python gives new lease of life to UKTV. B1
Apple ‘worth twice current value’. B1
BT seeks fast-track assessment of EE deal. B4
Inmarsat’s broadband push hit by rocket failure. B5
BBC TV crew thrown into Qatar prison. S9

Financial Times
‘Ethical’ hackers put bank defences to the test with secret cyber attack. P3
Feature: The reinvention of BT. P12
WPP steps into sports rights arena. P15
Blinkx moves into loss as online ads go unseen. P16
Apple damages at risk after Samsung patent case ruling. P19

The Times
Queen and Victoria in a TV battle royal. P11
Nigella Lawson to be voice of UK at this year’s Eurovision. P23
Jude Law cast as young pope in HBO series. P23
Investor Carl Icahn presses Apple on returns. P39
BT seeks fast-track assessment of EE deal. P48
Giles Smith – sport on television. P59
Arrest of BBC crew in Qatar sparks ethics row with Fifa. P66

The Independent
Comment: The man-only panel is bad. The token-woman panel is even worse. P28
Apple’s shares creep up 1%. P51
Inmarsat’s broadband push hit by rocket failure. P51

i
Turkish talent show singer shot in the head. P2
Publishers of Charlie Hebdo to give £3m to victims of attack. P2
ITV plans mini-epic on Queen Victoria. P3
No more Mad Men. P15
Watchdog clears Ukip docudrama after 6,000 complaints. P18
Grace Dent: On menace of men-only panels. P24

Wall Street Journal Europe
Comment: Obama’s bungled internet surrender. P14
Appeals court gives Apple partial win over Samsung. P17

Daily Mail
Comment: Well I never … a sexist joke on the BBC. P18
Ephraim Hardcastle on media. P19
Hundreds get £47,000 BBC pay-offs only to be rehired. P20
BT seeks fast-track assessment of EE deal. P67
Rocket failure delays Inmarsat. P69

Daily Express
Nigella Lawson to read UK votes on Eurovision. P11

The Sun
Nigella Lawson to help present Eurovision Song Contest. P4
Fifa in BBC jail vow. P5
Paul O’Grady faces TV inquiry on helium gas stunt. P9
Ally Ross on TV. P11
Benefits Street’s Black Dee to face a retrial. P19
X Factor bosses are planning to make the Judges’ Houses round live. P27
New Channel 4 documentary to look at rise and fall of Cool Britannia. P28
Keith Lemon’s sketch show recommissioned. P28
Nick Knowles rules himself out of Top Gear job. P28
Simon Cowell wants to produce next leaders’ debate. P28
ITV planning drama about Queen Victoria. P29

Daily Mirror
Kelly Brook handed lifeline after US show is axed. P7
Big shake-up for X Factor’s judges’ houses round. P9
Ibiza-themed edition of Mastermind to be made for Radio 1. P18
Ian Hyland on TV. P23

Daily Star
Simon Cowell says X Factor flops are not his fault. P3
David Walliams wants to play Doctor Watson. P3
Paul O’Grady being investigated by watchdog for inhaling helium. P7
Big Brother coverage. P7
Qataris jail TV journalists. P9
Benefits Street’s Black Dee to face a retrial. P11
60 years of Eurovision. P24
ITV to make drama about Queen Victoria. P26

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