Today's media stories from the papers

Our roundup of the day's media stories, including the latest on Piers Morgan and Miranda's success in the Christmas ratings

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*Top eight stories on MediaGuardian*

New petition urges US to keep Piers Morgan: 'UK doesn't want him'
Fightback is launched after tens of thousands back demand for TV presenter to be expelled from US

Miranda wins Harts with 10 million viewers
BBC1's third series return of Miranda Hart's sitcom wins Boxing Day ratings battle over Simon Cowell's 'X Factor for dogs'

Twitter and Facebook get on the school timetable in anti-libel lessons
Lord McAlpine's case has prompted one headteacher to educate pupils about the dangers of social media

How looking beyond UK may save newspapers
With British titles deriving up to 55% of readers from abroad, the temptation to expand internationally for growth is compelling

Paul Daniels: are Savile accusers for real?
Magician and TV presenter also reportedly blogs about encounter with a schoolgirl in the 1970s

Apple and Google still in the hunt for control of mobile market
Google makes huge gains in smartphone market, but use of search-free apps spells bad news for firm

BBC iPlayer top of the brands as tax scandal hits Starbucks and Amazon
Annual rankings of businesses shows Google dropping out of top 10 amid anger over tax-saving measures

GQ stays but biscuits go at Ministry of Defence
Department defends spending £617,000 a year on magazines and newspapers

*Top comment on MediaGuardian*

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*Media Monkey's pick of the day*

Downton's Christmas Day extravaganza made good use of the photogenic Inveraray castle as the backdrop for the Grantham's jaunt to the West Highlands. Given speculation that Downton has jumped the shark, writer Julian Fellowes could have done worse than look at Inverary's real-life characters for inspiration. The current 13th Duke of Argyll has a colourful family; the 11th Duke was a notorious gambler who married four heiresses, the third of which wasn't spared any blushes during their 1963 divorce. Margaret Whigham, the presiding judge concluded, was "a completely promiscuous woman whose sexual appetite could only be satisfies by a number of men". That should help sort ratings out, surely?

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*Today's headlines from the papers*

*The Guardian*

Private school educates about Twitter libel. P4
Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P5, P38
Eastenders beats 3D Queen in ratings war. P5
Britons don't want Piers Morgan back. P9
Google and Apple battle for mobile future. P15
Top apps fly but majority are flops. P15
 
*Daily Telegraph*

Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P1, 25, 37
Actors defend Alfred Hitchcock after BBC drama. P3
Downton loses to BBC in ratings battle. P3
HMV survival boost. P31

*i*

Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P1, 5
Viewing figures slump in the great Christmas TV turn-off. P6
Magazines urged to stop promoting 'miracle' diets. P7
BBC shuts Lonely Planet forum over 'rogue' posts. P9
David Hepworth: Britain's love of bbc.co.uk. P15
Inquiry into 'excessive' pay-offs for BBC chiefs. P21
Foriegn correspondents on their big stories of 2012. P28-29
Samsung seeks US ban on Ercisson. P41

*i*

Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P1, 5
BBC pay-offs to be investigated. P2, 16
Lonely Planet forum shut by BBC. P2
Magazines urged to stop promoting 'miracle' diets. P11
10 best camera apps. P37
Samsung seeks US ban on Ericsson. P40

*The Times*

Met accused of neurosis over leaks to media. P5
Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P11, P32
Period dramas tie in TV ratings. P13
M&S ad featured Downs boy. P22

*Financial Times*

Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P2
Watchdog to scrutinise pay-offs made by BBC. P3
Consumers using technology to cover online activity. P10
Samsung seeks US ban for Ericsson. P16
Demand for classic TV shows rise. P17
US online group Digital Globe Services plans IPO. P17

*Wall Street Journal Europe*

Clash of the tech titans looms in 2013. P19
Samsung seens US ban on ERicsson. P20
Startups adjust to web's down cycle. P22
VCs cut appetite for risk. P23
New York's ad market. P24

*Daily Mail*

Watchdog to prove pay-offs to BBC bosses. P6
Downton's ratings downturn. P7, 14
Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P7, 22-23
Amazon and Google - tarnished brands. P13
Britons don't want Piers Morgan back. P19

*Daily Express*

Backlash over Downton tragedy. P1, 3
£58m pay-off bill at BBC. P2
Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P9

*The Sun*

Eastenders beats Downton in ratings drama. P3
Watchdog probes BBC boss pay-offs. P2
Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P17

*Daily Mirror*

TV host gun clip blunder. P6
Eastenders beast Downton on TV ratings. P9, 20, 21
BBC probed on cavalier vast pay-offs. P15
Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P25

*Daily Star*

US told to keep Piers Morgan. P3
Thunderbirds creator dies aged 83. P7
Watchdog to investigate pay-offs to BBC bosses. P11
Eastenders wins ratings war. P15
 

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