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The Guardian
PhD student wins BBC short story accolade. P12
How Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood became forces favourite. P13
Cheryl Cole visits Afghanistan to film tribute for ITV/Daily Mirror Pride of Britain awards. P13
Blue Peter berthed in new studio. P14
National museums put Dead Sea Scrolls online. P18
Wall Street tweets target police officer. P19
Twitter sets up office in Ireland. P21
Autonomy's £7bn deal inspires more hi-tech Cambridge firms. P25
Alex Ferguson claims football has sold soul to TV 'devil'. Sport P1

The Independent
Whitehall 'routinely' uses text messaging to avoid scrutiny. P9
BBC does not have an edict that AD and BC should be replaced by CE and BCE. Diary P28
Hackers public personal police data. P31
Amazon set to rival Apple with tablet launch. P40
Technology startups club together in hunt for new talent. P40
Bloomberg's confusing headlines. P41
Alex Ferguson claims football has sold soul to TV 'devil'. P64
The X Factor could be more cruel. Viewspaper P7
Former The Thick of It star Chris Langham 'should be forgiven'. Viewspaper P
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'Overhyped' 3D films fall flat with cinema audiences. P22
Google rolls out Dead Sea Scrolls online. P25
Amazon set to rival Apple with tablet launch. P41
EU inquiry into online payments. P41
UK tech startups seek new talent. P43

Daily Telegraph
Interview with Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery. P1 and P25
David Frost's clash with Richard Nixon voted best interview. P2
Actor Philip Glenister tells Radio Times only people over 40 stay in to watch TV. P5
Some Labour politicians are not talking to broadcaster Sky. Diary, P6
Computer monkeys have almost written the entire works of Shakespeare. P6
Twitter opens office in Ireland. Business P3

The Times
Twitter's decision to base itself in Dublin is blow to UK. P2 and P35
Max Mosley's final appeal to Europe for new laws to force newspapers to warn people in advance about stories has failed. P4
Four writers ask how far the press can go in the public interest. P18
Social networking investment company Jellybook mades £1million loss. P31
Apple 'cuts orders' from suppliers, suggesting falling demand for iPad. P31
Richard Branson invests in US blogging platform Tumblr. P25

Financial Times
Samsung heard in Apple lawsuit. P22
Wall Street Journal Europe
US investigates Motorola Solutions. P21
How do businesses make mobile devices secure? P25

Daily Mail
Downton Abbey fans complain drama is sprinting through storylines. P7
Broadcaster Nick Cohen refuses to shake hands with Andrews Whittam Smith over Johann Hari scandal. Diary P19
Computer monkeys have almost written the entire works of Shakespeare. P25
The One Show axes its dog trainer after complaints. P32
The 'human cost' of the BBC's move to its new Salford headquarters. P37
Martin Bundle in talks to switch to Sky from the BBC. P79

Daily Express
Chris Packham sparks row on animal culling - just as BBC's Autumnwatch launches. P7
Channel 5 scoops two major titles at Inside Soap Awards. P9
Downton Abbey creator fights for wife's title. P19

The Sun
Philip Glenister hits out at 'dowdy' roles for older female actors. P3
The X Factor coverage. P7
Ofcom raps Mary Portas' Channel 4 show over jibe at a sofa chain. P14
Eric Schmidt on the future of the web as Google UK celebrates 10 years. P28
Inside Soap awards coverage. TV Biz P1
Mark Wright may leave The Only Way Is Essex. TV Biz P4

Daily Mirror
Inside Soap awards winners. P3
David Frost's clash with Richard Nixon voted best interview. P6
Fan fury over too many adverts during Downton Abbey. P9
The X Factor coverage. P21

Daily Star
The Only Way Is Essex coverage. P3
Big Brother coverage. P4
The X Factor coverage. P8
Inside Soap awards coverage. P10
Greatest Hits TV channel rapped by Ofcom for showing 'crude' rap videos at breakfast time. P23

And finally ...
While the majority of people in the UK prefer cheddar, the Daily Telegraph reports that its readers 'prefer a more sophisticated cheese'. Apparently Telegraph readers' favourite buy is, no, not a blue cheese, but soft cow's milk Chaource, from France's Champagne region. Sainsbury's used data collected by its Nectar cards to find out which cheese was most often bought with which national newspaper. Suggestions that readers of the Sun most commonly buy the round, hard Italian cheese Bra are wide of the mark. Daily Telegraph P4
Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today
Twitter to open international HQ in Dublin
Microblogging site joins Google, Facebook and Zynga in opening office in Irish capital
Mary Portas show 'traded unfairly'
'Secret shopper' show went too far in claiming furniture chain had encouraged presenter to commit insurance fraud, rules Ofcom
Sir Alex Ferguson claims football has sold soul to TV 'devil'
Sir Alex Ferguson said broadcasters have too much control over fixture list and should pay more for Premier League rights
Formula one success revs up Red Bull Racing's profits
Red Bull's advertising value equivalent from F1 came to an estimated £219.9m in 2010
Moshi Monsters TV to launch within weeks
Online children's TV channel featuring Dustbin Beaver and Lady GooGoo described as 'YouTube meets Nickelodeon'
Leveson inquiry to hear expert evidence
Bankers and lawyers to brief inquiry as part of its bid to develop new model for press regulation after phone-hacking scandal
Phone-hacking claims mount up at News International
Former deputy editor 'was paid by News of the World' while at Yard
Alexander Lebedev reveals his street fighting past after YouTube brawl
Billionaire newspaper owner tells Luke Harding about his previous bouts in Russia and his opinion of David Cameron
BBC local radio to be hit hard by cost cutting
Hundreds of hours of local programming likely to be axed, with output expected to be syndicated between stations
Doctor Who's mixed fortunes continue
BBC1 series beaten again by ITV1 gameshow in overnights, but is likely to surge ahead once timeshifted viewing is included.

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