Our roundup of the day's media stories, including MPs criticise BBC for payoffs and Andy Murray wins sports personality award
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*Top eight stories on MediaGuardian*
BBC payoffs 'damaged global reputation'
Public accounts committee accuses the BBC Trust of 'sitting on its hands' while the payoffs were being made
Sherlock's mystery survival finally revealed
The eagerly anticipated secret of how BBC's Sherlock survived his rooftop plunge has been revealed at a preview screening
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
26-year-old tennis player scoops award after becoming first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936
Spare Rib contributors sought
British Library aims to trace writers, photographers and artists whose work appeared in magazine from 1972 to 1993
The NSA files and the network effect
Emily Bell: The modern leak needs a new kind of reporting, and news organisations are adapting by finding collaborations of scale
NBCU's Michael Edelstein: 'Downton Abbeys don't grow on trees'
International TV production boss reveals that plans for a film are on hold and why the show it has been such a global success
Broadcasters criticise Ofcom over 'white spaces' disruption to Freeview TV
BBC, ITV and C4 say regulator's propsal to tap into unused parts of TV spectrum for new wireless services could affect millions
Andy Coulson 'do his phone' email was attempt to find NoW mole, court hears
Former News of the World editor's message to reporter was response to suspected leak, his lawyer tells phone-hacking trial.
*Top comment on MediaGuardian*
Tony Hall has made a good start at the BBC – but now it's time for the big idea
Steve Hewlett: Charter renewal and an election add to the pressure on the Corporation to prove great services at better value
*Today's headlines*
*The Guardian*
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P5
BBC payoffs damaged its reputation, say MPs. P9
Sherlock's mystery survival finally revealed. P9
Sainsbury's turns to bloggers for ad campaign. P13
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P15
Emily Bell: The NSA files and the network effect. P32
Steve Hewlett: Tony Hall has made a good start at the BBC – but now it's time for the big idea. P32
NBCU's Michael Edelstein: 'Downton Abbeys don't grow on trees'. P33
mark Lawson: Will Netflix, LoveFilm and iPlayer make Christmas specials a thing of the past? G2 P16-17
*Daily Telegraph*
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P3
Sherlock's mystery survival finally revealed. P9
BBC Trust accused of failing to control big payoffs. P13
Alex Polizzi interview. P23
Google tries to delete UK court case over iPhone 'tracking'. Business P3
*Financial Times*
MPs probing BBC payoffs attack culture of 'cronyism'. P2
Interview: Al-Jazeera America chief Ehab Al Shihabi. P14
*The Times*
BBC payoffs prompted by 'culture of cronyism'. P1
BBC trustees blamed for payoffs fiasco. P4
Anger of 'creative' revamp of BBC HQ. P4
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P4
Sherlock's mystery survival finally revealed. P7
Music worth billions to British economy. P39
On set with Sky1's Moonfleet. P8-9
*The Independent*
BBC put reputation at risk with payoffs, says Margaret Hodge. P17
Matthew Norman: Rupert Murdoch 'banned from Matthew Freud's birthday party'. P21
Ian Burrell on Channel 4's new comedy commissions. P55
*i*
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P2
BBC accused of 'cronyism' and misleading MPs. P5
Channel 4's new comedy commissions. P43
Claire Beale: Consumers demand honesty from advertisers. P43
*Wall Street Journal Europe*
Investors seek tips via tweets. P9
BlackBerry's new chief in the spotlight. P17,19
Sprint prepares bid for T-Mobile US. P19
*Daily Mail*
MPs blast cronyism at the BBC. P1,9
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P3
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P9
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P13
Editorial: Payoffs reveal 'broken' BBC. P14
Peter McKay: Charles Saatchi has made an art of going his own way. P17
Peter McKay on Matthew Freud v Rupert Murdoch. P17
Google seeks to have spying case struck out. P26
*Daily Express*
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P3
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P3
Andy Murray wins BBC's Sports Personality of the Year. P4
Inside the new Celebrity Big Brother house. P11
Interview with This Morning's Ruth Langsford. P32
*The Sun*
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P1,4-5
Abbey Clancy clinches spot in Strictly Come Dancing final and underwear modelling deal. P1,9
Sherlock coverage. P3
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P9
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. TV Biz P1
Towie's Sam Faiers to appear in Celebrity Big Brother. TV Biz P1
BBC commissions new series of Getting On. TV Biz P3
*Daily Mirror*
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P3
X Factor coverage. P7
MPs claim a BBC 'culture of cronyism' cost licence payers millions. P13
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P15,41
*Daily Star*
Inside the new Celebrity Big Brother house. P4, P5
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P7
Simon Cowell to return to The X Factor to rescue the show. P7
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P15
MPs slam BBC for handing their 'cronies' £25m in payoffs. P16
BBC blasted for spending £500,000 for two locations in Rio for World Cup. P17
ITV2's The Big Reunion Christmas charity single. P26
Sherlock fans will have to turn detective to work out how he faked his own death. P28
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*Top eight stories on MediaGuardian*
BBC payoffs 'damaged global reputation'
Public accounts committee accuses the BBC Trust of 'sitting on its hands' while the payoffs were being made
Sherlock's mystery survival finally revealed
The eagerly anticipated secret of how BBC's Sherlock survived his rooftop plunge has been revealed at a preview screening
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award
26-year-old tennis player scoops award after becoming first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936
Spare Rib contributors sought
British Library aims to trace writers, photographers and artists whose work appeared in magazine from 1972 to 1993
The NSA files and the network effect
Emily Bell: The modern leak needs a new kind of reporting, and news organisations are adapting by finding collaborations of scale
NBCU's Michael Edelstein: 'Downton Abbeys don't grow on trees'
International TV production boss reveals that plans for a film are on hold and why the show it has been such a global success
Broadcasters criticise Ofcom over 'white spaces' disruption to Freeview TV
BBC, ITV and C4 say regulator's propsal to tap into unused parts of TV spectrum for new wireless services could affect millions
Andy Coulson 'do his phone' email was attempt to find NoW mole, court hears
Former News of the World editor's message to reporter was response to suspected leak, his lawyer tells phone-hacking trial.
*Top comment on MediaGuardian*
Tony Hall has made a good start at the BBC – but now it's time for the big idea
Steve Hewlett: Charter renewal and an election add to the pressure on the Corporation to prove great services at better value
*Today's headlines*
*The Guardian*
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P5
BBC payoffs damaged its reputation, say MPs. P9
Sherlock's mystery survival finally revealed. P9
Sainsbury's turns to bloggers for ad campaign. P13
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P15
Emily Bell: The NSA files and the network effect. P32
Steve Hewlett: Tony Hall has made a good start at the BBC – but now it's time for the big idea. P32
NBCU's Michael Edelstein: 'Downton Abbeys don't grow on trees'. P33
mark Lawson: Will Netflix, LoveFilm and iPlayer make Christmas specials a thing of the past? G2 P16-17
*Daily Telegraph*
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P3
Sherlock's mystery survival finally revealed. P9
BBC Trust accused of failing to control big payoffs. P13
Alex Polizzi interview. P23
Google tries to delete UK court case over iPhone 'tracking'. Business P3
*Financial Times*
MPs probing BBC payoffs attack culture of 'cronyism'. P2
Interview: Al-Jazeera America chief Ehab Al Shihabi. P14
*The Times*
BBC payoffs prompted by 'culture of cronyism'. P1
BBC trustees blamed for payoffs fiasco. P4
Anger of 'creative' revamp of BBC HQ. P4
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P4
Sherlock's mystery survival finally revealed. P7
Music worth billions to British economy. P39
On set with Sky1's Moonfleet. P8-9
*The Independent*
BBC put reputation at risk with payoffs, says Margaret Hodge. P17
Matthew Norman: Rupert Murdoch 'banned from Matthew Freud's birthday party'. P21
Ian Burrell on Channel 4's new comedy commissions. P55
*i*
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P2
BBC accused of 'cronyism' and misleading MPs. P5
Channel 4's new comedy commissions. P43
Claire Beale: Consumers demand honesty from advertisers. P43
*Wall Street Journal Europe*
Investors seek tips via tweets. P9
BlackBerry's new chief in the spotlight. P17,19
Sprint prepares bid for T-Mobile US. P19
*Daily Mail*
MPs blast cronyism at the BBC. P1,9
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P3
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P9
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P13
Editorial: Payoffs reveal 'broken' BBC. P14
Peter McKay: Charles Saatchi has made an art of going his own way. P17
Peter McKay on Matthew Freud v Rupert Murdoch. P17
Google seeks to have spying case struck out. P26
*Daily Express*
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P3
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P3
Andy Murray wins BBC's Sports Personality of the Year. P4
Inside the new Celebrity Big Brother house. P11
Interview with This Morning's Ruth Langsford. P32
*The Sun*
Sam Bailey wins The X Factor. P1,4-5
Abbey Clancy clinches spot in Strictly Come Dancing final and underwear modelling deal. P1,9
Sherlock coverage. P3
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P9
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. TV Biz P1
Towie's Sam Faiers to appear in Celebrity Big Brother. TV Biz P1
BBC commissions new series of Getting On. TV Biz P3
*Daily Mirror*
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P3
X Factor coverage. P7
MPs claim a BBC 'culture of cronyism' cost licence payers millions. P13
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year. P15,41
*Daily Star*
Inside the new Celebrity Big Brother house. P4, P5
Strictly Come Dancing coverage. P7
Simon Cowell to return to The X Factor to rescue the show. P7
Andy Murray wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. P15
MPs slam BBC for handing their 'cronies' £25m in payoffs. P16
BBC blasted for spending £500,000 for two locations in Rio for World Cup. P17
ITV2's The Big Reunion Christmas charity single. P26
Sherlock fans will have to turn detective to work out how he faked his own death. P28
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