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Friday November 21, 2008
MediaGuardian.co.uk


THE GUARDIAN

Jamie Oliver hosts German live event. P5
400 jobs go as Daily Mail owner joins media hunt for cuts. P40
Mark Lawson on Jon Gaunt's sacking and freedom of speech. P43
Editorial: In praise of confronting the licence fee rebels. P44

THE INDEPENDENT

Teenage girl killed herself after MySpace bullying. P39
Sarah Chruchwell: What made Alistair Cooke great. P51
Terence Blackler: We are the real TV show savages. P53
Daily Mail hit by advertising downturn. P58

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Watchdog warns BBC over videos for local websites. P15
Top of the Pops is back at Christmas. P15
Strictly Come Dancing row provokes biggest ever web response. P15
Profile of BBC Trust chief Michael Lyons. P18
Teenage girl killed herself after MySpace bullying. P19
Obituary: Magazine publisher Fred Newman. P37
Newspaper grousp look at combining departments. Business P2
Advertisers want check to stay on ITV dominance. Business P5

THE TIMES

UTV says ITV must stick to public service. P54
Huffington Post completes 10.2m-pound investment round. P54, 55
BBC plans for local outlets under threat as worries grow for regional press. P61
Games industry classification wrangles over new age classifications. P65

FINANCIAL TIMES

BBC news proposal faces flak. P3
BlackBerry's new Storm handset. P14
Profits plunge forces DMGT to seek 100m pounds in cost cuts. P21
New York Times slashes dividend. P22
Fox's Roger Ailes renews his News Corp contract. P22

DAILY MAIL

'Pathetic' BBC Trust allows Jonathan Ross back despite 42,000 complaints. P1, 9
Cambridge University uproar over Page 3 student magazine. P5
Was Mrs Sergeant behind John's Strictly Come Dancing exit? P9
John Humphrys: Why I turned down Strictly Come Dancing - twice. P15
Advertising Standards Association bans clairvoyant who can't prove ad claims. P25
Teen hanged herself after MySpace bullying. P39
DMGT profits soften on ad downturn. P90

DAILY EXPRESS

BBC asked to apologise to 'humiliated' The Weakest Link contestant. P21
I'm a Celebrity coverage. P25
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P28, 29
Debt-hit Daily Mail dives 68m pounds into red. P67

DAILY MIRROR

Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P3
I'm a Celebrity coverage. P9
TV comedy awards replace Jonathan Ross with Angus Deayton. P38

THE SUN

I'm a Celebrity coverage. P1, 11
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P4
Paul Merton 'takes a sickie' from Have I Got News For You. P13

DAILY STAR

I'm a Celebrity coverage. P1, 4, 5
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P11
BBC asked to apologise to 'humiliated' The Weakest Link contestant. P31

WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE

New BlackBerry Storm handset. P6
Daily Mail cuts costs. P8
PayPal to offer lines of credit for web shopping. P28

AND FINALLY ...

John Sergeant's performance on Strictly Come Dancing proved his sense of humour and the fact he doesn't take himself too seriously - unlike the judges. But does that mean any other BBC political hack could be assured of the same reception? John Humphrys let slip on yesterday's Today show that he has already been asked twice. Let's home it's not third time lucky. Independent P29

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