MediaGuardian’s top stories
‘Queen of quangos’ Deirdre Hutton emerges as BBC chair contender
Mark Zuckerberg appears to finally admit Facebook is a media company
Claim for judicial review of ‘unlawful’ Leveson consultation launched
Railway Children actor Deddie Davies dies aged 78
Government pledges £400m broadband fund to help 600,000 homes
Best of the rest
Paul Dacre: ‘Newspapers behave more responsibly today that any time in my 45-year career’ (Press Gazette)
Facebook ties with BBC for audio trial (Broadcast £)
Verizon-Yahoo: European Commission approves buyout given their “moderate market positions” (Hollywood Reporter)
Viacom CEO takes on direct oversight of MTV, Comedy Central, Spike TV (Variety)
And finally...
2016 has produced enough high-quality TV to make choosing the best episodes of the year more than a little tricky. Nevertheless, the Guardian’s writers have given it a go, and while we’re sure there’ll be some disagreement about the final list, you can’t deny there are some crackers in there.