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Battle resumes to take control of Telegraph – and the Tory soul

After year in ownerless limbo, Conservative party’s bible goes up for sale in second auction next week

The Guardian - UK

Tory Maguire defends Nine CEO’s trip to Greece as reporters seethe over job cuts

Nine staff ask managing director of publishing if Mike Sneesby failed to ‘face the music’ after announcing job cuts. Plus: Andrew Probyn unloads on ABC

The Guardian - AU

Millions go to the polls in general election – as it happened

Polling stations opened at 7am, with voting taking place until 10pm on Thursday night

The Guardian - UK

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‘Tories braced for bleak night’: what the papers say as the UK votes

After six weeks, general election campaigning has come to an end and Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak have made their final pitches to the country

The Guardian - AU

The Sun backs Labour on eve of election as Times also offers cautious support

After years of critical coverage, tabloid backs Labour for first election since 2005, saying: ‘It is time for a change’

The Guardian - UK

Not the Sun wot won it: what Murdoch’s half-hearted, last-minute endorsements mean for Labour

Leaving it as late as editorially possible, the Sun has endorsed Labour. With an election day front page saying it’s “time for a change”, the Murdoch-owned tabloid says the Conservatives “have become a divided rabble, more interested in fighting themselves than running the country”.

The Conversation

The Sun newspaper backs Labour in blow to Rishi Sunak

The paper has previously backed the Tories since 2009

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Sainsbury’s boss says rate cuts needed to spur consumer spending; eurozone inflation dips to 2.5% – as it happened

Simon Roberts says consumer caution ‘not surprising given everything households have been through in the cost of living crisis’

The Guardian - UK

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corp launches Netflix rival Tubi in UK

Service offers more than 20,000 films and TV shows on-demand to compete with popular streaming platforms

The Guardian - UK

Debating whether Julian Assange is a journalist is irrelevant. He changed journalism forever

But he didn’t foresee that lies, conspiracy theories and misinformation would ride the internet as easily as truth and transparency

The Guardian - AU

How Bolloré, the ‘French Murdoch’, carried Le Pen’s far right to the brink of power

French tycoon Vincent Bolloré has put his sprawling media empire at the service of the country’s nationalist right, precipitating a rightward shift in French politics. Pulling strings from behind the scenes in the manner of Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire corporate raider has orchestrated an alliance of bitter right-wing rivals in…

France 24

King and Queen knocked off Tatler ‘power’ list by Duke and Duchess of Westminster

Last year saw Charles and Camilla top the list following the King’s coronation

The Independent UK

Britain’s most influential people named in new Social Power Index list

List is said to identify ‘where the real power lies in British society’

The Independent UK

The wife of a Murdoch executive has been missing since the Sixties – will her body now be found?

When kidnappers broke into the home of Alick McKay in 1969, they thought they were abducting Rupert Murdoch’s wife Anna. Instead, they took Muriel McKay, the wife of one of Murdoch’s executives, who was never seen again. As police confirm a date to dig for her remains, David James Smith…

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

US and UK journalism are different. But they’re going to get a lot more similar

Although the Washington Post uproar has highlighted cultural differences, we’re probably heading to the same place

The Conversation

Why legacy media brands still matter in the UK’s ‘social media election’

For decades, the front pages of newspapers have documented iconic campaign moments. Now, many think that the internet (particularly social media platforms) is where an election is won or lost. Some have even dubbed this year’s general election the “TikTok election”.

The Independent UK

The Washington Post's leaders are taking heat for journalism in Britain that wouldn't fly in the US

A trio of extraordinary stories are increasing the pressure on The Washington Post's new leadership, along with highlighting the differences in journalism practices in England and the United States

The Independent UK

Playwright James Graham: ‘We’re still living in Thatcher’s country’

As his stage adaptation of ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’ transfers from the National to the West End, Britain’s leading political playwright – and busiest writer in the country – talks politics, football, Harvey Weinstein and work addiction with Ellie Harrison

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The Guardian - UK

Tory press know influence is waning but tread careful line before election

Gone are the days when Rupert Murdoch’s favour swayed the vote but newspapers still hold power over party’s future

The Guardian - UK

‘The quality of the writing was clear as a bell’: the astonishing talent of Dennis Potter

The trailblazing dramatist, who died in 1994 at 59, was celebrated for his extraordinary creativity, but also had work banned by the BBC. His peers discuss his legacy – and that extraordinary final interview

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Murdoch goes soppy (again) and UK leaders get awkward

Plus: Posh Spice’s parenting and the white British male love-in at the Washington Post

Newslaundry

Washington Post CEO ‘tried to kill stories about his role in UK hacking scandal’

Months after William Lewis took charge as the chief executive of the Washington Post, controversies have spiralled at the American publication with its executive editor Sally Buzbee reportedly exiting the newsroom after Lewis’s attempts to kill stories about his alleged involvement in a UK phone hacking scandal.

The Guardian - AU

Even ‘magic’ and ‘miracles’ not beyond Rupert Murdoch as The Australian marks its 60th birthday

The masthead goes all out to flatter its boss before his arrival, lauding ‘a paper like no other’. Plus: ABC breaches its standards on brumbies reporting

The Guardian - US

Why is a group of billionaires working to re-elect Trump?

Oligarchs like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel aren’t just hostile to progressivism. They’re hostile to American democracy itself

International Business Times

Rupert Murdoch Marries Again At Age 93

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has married for the fifth time at age 93, tying the knot with a retired molecular biologist a quarter century younger than him.

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