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torsdag, januari 20, 2011

Some of the day's headlines

Today's headlines

The Guardian
David Cameron met News International chief executive Rebekah Wade days after stripping Vince Cable of him power to block media mergers. Page 9
Jeremy Hunt hints that ITV can drop regional news if a plan to launch a network of local TV stations succeeds. P14
A banker has been arrested for passing account details to WikiLeaks. P22
Pearson posts record profits. P28
Apple attacked for lack of transparency over its Chinese supply chain. P28
Timothy Garton Ash on the internet and democracy. P31
Mark Lawson on breakfast TV. P32
Preview of Martin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire. G2 P5

The Independent
Richard Desmond launches OK! TV. P17
Pressure grows on Metropolitan police's phone-hacking inquiry. P19
Tunisian media revels in new freedom. P24
Pearson on course for record profits. P32

Daily Telegraph
Panic broke out yesterday when false reports of a gunman on London's Oxford Street were posted on Twitter. P7
Regional TV programmes could be dropped when local TV channels launch, Jeremy Hunt says. P15
US government says publication of diplomatic cable on WikiLeaks 'caused little damage'. P16
Does 'watching' the internet on your TV really work? P29
Pearson shares rise as it raises profits guidance. Business P3

The Times
Jeremy Hunt says internet TV may have to be regulated in order to protect children. P15
Mark Thompson has said YouView will herald an 'intense battle for the living room'. P15
Sky News to produce Queen's Christmas broadcast. P20
Tunisian media throw of shackles of state censorship. P30
Radical Islamist goes on trial in Denmark accused of attempting to kill cartoonist. P33
Jamie Oliver helps Pearson post record profits. P41
Obituary of music entrepreneur Don Kirshner. P54

Financial Times
News Corporation tells government it may be prepared to sell Sky News to get Sky bid approved. P1
Jeremy Hunt says he would be 'completely nuts' to rush News Corp's Sky deal through without following 'due process'. P3
Sky News to broadcast Queen's Christmas message. P3
Swiss banker fined for passing bank account details to WikiLeaks. P10
Pearson revises full-year earnings forecast. P22
Analysis of Comcast's takeover of NBC Universal as deal cleared by US regulators. P24

Wall Street Journal Europe
Hungarian PM hits out at critics of country's new media laws. P5
Daily Mail
Campaigners fighting to stop a giant pig farm threatened with costly libel action. P25
Banker found guilty of leaking account secrets to WikiLeaks. P75
Shares in Pearson soar on positive trading news. P75

Daily Express
Piers Morgan says Americans are mistaking him for Colin Firth. P16

The Sun
Fears over future of HMV. P4
Sky News will produce the Queen's Christmas message for first time. P9
Twitter message sparks gun panic. P10
Nintendo unveils world's first 3D games console. P32

Daily Mirror
Nintendo unveils world's first 3D games console. P3
Sly Bailey says Jeremy Hunt needs to be 'educated' about dangers of a News Corp BSkyB takeover. P11
This Morning complaints after on-air bottom wax. P13

Daily Star
Shock jock Howard Stern out-talks Piers Morgan on new CNN show. P3

Mark Thompson warns that free-to-air TV may disappear. P8
Frankie Boyle gets new Channel 4 show. P10
Former newsreader accuses BBC of treating on-screen talent badly. P10
This Morning complaints after on-air bottom wax. P13

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