Our roundup of the day's media stories, including the Telegraph backs digital and BBC calls in auditors over executives' payoffs
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*Top eight stories on MediaGuardian*
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Telegraph backs digital, but will users pay?*
Digital revenues have kept its balance sheet healthy despite print decline, but there may be cuts as it prepares for the future
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BBC calls in auditors to widen search for improper executive payoffs*
BBC DG Tony Hall appoints KPMG to investigate potentially improper payoffs to senior BBC executives**
'Go Home' campaign faces ASA investigation
Advertising Standards Authority launches investigation after complaints campaign could incite or exacerbate racial tension**
Clare Balding Show draws just 1,200 viewers
Presenter's first live show for pay-TV channel shows scale of task ahead for entrant in sports TV market
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Brooke Magnanti sued by ex-lover over Belle de Jour blog*
Former RAF officer Owen Morris wants damages for defamation and breach of privacy, claiming sex work was fabricated
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BBC director of news to challenge bureaucracy*
Former Times editor James Harding will focus on newspaper-style exclusives and repairing damage done by the Savile affair
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This is what we call That Puppet Game Show*
Successor to the Muppet Show will see celebrities battling it out in bizarre challenges to win £10,000 for charity
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Royal baby and Andy Murray boost paper sales*
July ABCs: Times, Guardian and Telegraph are biggest winners from sales spike helped by royal birth and Wimbledon victory
*Top comment on MediaGuardian*
*This is the cutest article you'll read all day
Oliver Burkeman:* So much for silly season – thanks to the web's ceaseless stream of pranks, pratfalls and adorable animals, it's now August all year round
*Today's headlines*
*The Guardian*
Ex-lover sues Belle de Jour sex blogger. P4
Comment: Harding's BBC drama will play out in the public spotlight. P26
Telegraph backs digital, but will users pay. P26
Brian Henson: 'We try new, different and unique things'. P27
*Daily Telegraph*
Ask.fm owners claim suicide teen trolled herself. P5
BBC twice as likely to cover left-wing proposals. P9
Mark Zuckerberg funds both sides in US politics. Business, P4
*Financial Times*
Jeff Bezos is a great disrupter; except at home. P10
Tech groups rewarded for rapid advertising growth on mobile devices. P13
Health app weighs in with $18m funding. P16
*The Times*
BBC gameshow rule change "lost us £22,000". P18
James Harding says BBC would have handled Snowden story similar to how newspapers have. P18
Danger Mouse animator Cosgrove Hall revived. P33
Jeremy Darroch has sold shares worth more than £17m this year. P32
*The Independent*
Obituary: Betty Maxwell. P44
Newsnight versus Channel 4. P51
*i*
Belle de Jour's exploits are fantasy, says ex. P17
Comment: Competition between BBC and Channel 4 should help them thrive. P41
No special favours for Wall Street Journal. P41
On marketing and branding: Drinks are on NFC and it may change how we shop. P41
*Wall Street Journal Europe*
ITC ban deals blow to Samsung in US. P1, 18
Samsung to buy Novaled. P17
BlackBerry is too late with new message. P28
*Daily Mail*
Study looks at left-wing bias at the BBC. P10
The New Muppets. P15
Ask.fm owners claim suicide teen trolled herself. P19
Mark Thompson gets angry with reporters. P31
Jeremy Darroch has sold shares worth more than £17m this year. P59
*Daily Express*
National Lottery show 'cheated us out of £22,000.' P9
New anger over 'Nazi admiring' magazines. P22
Anger as Eddy Shah claims underage girls are to blame for sex abuse. P25
*The Sun*
Troll site's suicide claims. P7
Charities rap Eddy Shah in 'abuse slur' row. P20
Inside the minds of cyber-taunters. P20
*Daily Mirror*
Rolf Harris cops quiz three women in Australia. P1, 7
*Daily Star*
Big Brother coverage. P4, 5
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*Top eight stories on MediaGuardian*
*
Telegraph backs digital, but will users pay?*
Digital revenues have kept its balance sheet healthy despite print decline, but there may be cuts as it prepares for the future
*
BBC calls in auditors to widen search for improper executive payoffs*
BBC DG Tony Hall appoints KPMG to investigate potentially improper payoffs to senior BBC executives**
'Go Home' campaign faces ASA investigation
Advertising Standards Authority launches investigation after complaints campaign could incite or exacerbate racial tension**
Clare Balding Show draws just 1,200 viewers
Presenter's first live show for pay-TV channel shows scale of task ahead for entrant in sports TV market
*
Brooke Magnanti sued by ex-lover over Belle de Jour blog*
Former RAF officer Owen Morris wants damages for defamation and breach of privacy, claiming sex work was fabricated
*
BBC director of news to challenge bureaucracy*
Former Times editor James Harding will focus on newspaper-style exclusives and repairing damage done by the Savile affair
*
This is what we call That Puppet Game Show*
Successor to the Muppet Show will see celebrities battling it out in bizarre challenges to win £10,000 for charity
*
Royal baby and Andy Murray boost paper sales*
July ABCs: Times, Guardian and Telegraph are biggest winners from sales spike helped by royal birth and Wimbledon victory
*Top comment on MediaGuardian*
*This is the cutest article you'll read all day
Oliver Burkeman:* So much for silly season – thanks to the web's ceaseless stream of pranks, pratfalls and adorable animals, it's now August all year round
*Today's headlines*
*The Guardian*
Ex-lover sues Belle de Jour sex blogger. P4
Comment: Harding's BBC drama will play out in the public spotlight. P26
Telegraph backs digital, but will users pay. P26
Brian Henson: 'We try new, different and unique things'. P27
*Daily Telegraph*
Ask.fm owners claim suicide teen trolled herself. P5
BBC twice as likely to cover left-wing proposals. P9
Mark Zuckerberg funds both sides in US politics. Business, P4
*Financial Times*
Jeff Bezos is a great disrupter; except at home. P10
Tech groups rewarded for rapid advertising growth on mobile devices. P13
Health app weighs in with $18m funding. P16
*The Times*
BBC gameshow rule change "lost us £22,000". P18
James Harding says BBC would have handled Snowden story similar to how newspapers have. P18
Danger Mouse animator Cosgrove Hall revived. P33
Jeremy Darroch has sold shares worth more than £17m this year. P32
*The Independent*
Obituary: Betty Maxwell. P44
Newsnight versus Channel 4. P51
*i*
Belle de Jour's exploits are fantasy, says ex. P17
Comment: Competition between BBC and Channel 4 should help them thrive. P41
No special favours for Wall Street Journal. P41
On marketing and branding: Drinks are on NFC and it may change how we shop. P41
*Wall Street Journal Europe*
ITC ban deals blow to Samsung in US. P1, 18
Samsung to buy Novaled. P17
BlackBerry is too late with new message. P28
*Daily Mail*
Study looks at left-wing bias at the BBC. P10
The New Muppets. P15
Ask.fm owners claim suicide teen trolled herself. P19
Mark Thompson gets angry with reporters. P31
Jeremy Darroch has sold shares worth more than £17m this year. P59
*Daily Express*
National Lottery show 'cheated us out of £22,000.' P9
New anger over 'Nazi admiring' magazines. P22
Anger as Eddy Shah claims underage girls are to blame for sex abuse. P25
*The Sun*
Troll site's suicide claims. P7
Charities rap Eddy Shah in 'abuse slur' row. P20
Inside the minds of cyber-taunters. P20
*Daily Mirror*
Rolf Harris cops quiz three women in Australia. P1, 7
*Daily Star*
Big Brother coverage. P4, 5
* Go to MediaGuardian *
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