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Top stories on MediaGuardian.co.uk Games deliver outdoor advertising boost Spending on billboards, posters, taxis, buses and tube expected to be up more than 30% in three months to end of September due to Olympics and Paralympics Olympics 'failed to give regional boost' Publisher Johnston Press says the Games failed to provide the regional newspaper market with an advertising uplift New Tricks writer in Twitter tirade Julian Simpson infuriated by actors saying programme had become 'bland' and characters 'were not as anarchic' Today's featured media jobs Guardian News & Media - Creative Director / Head of Design and User Experience London/permanent/full time National Trust - Magazine Editor Swindon/permanent/full time Guardian News & Media - Campaign Executive, Mobile London/permanent/full time For more jobs, career advice and workplace news visit guardianjobs.co.uk Today's headlines The Guardian Dallas revival launch. P8 The Thick of It writers thank coalition for boom in material. P11 Hugh Grant to lead body calling for press reform. P12 The future of the novel: read it, remix it and re-release it. P13 Michael J Fox TV series to address Parkinson's. P18 Facebook slide continues as director cashes in 20m shares. P21 Analysis: Can Johnson Press lead revival of the nation's press? P24 The Independent How Nick Clegg's aides tried to put him in The Thick of It. P3 BBC and Royal Mail 'using terror powers to spy on public'. P6 Tony Scott's family rejects reports of terminal cancer. P10 Laurie Penny: If you really believe in WikiLeaks, you must want Assange to face up to justice. P17 Names of up to 600 phone hacking victims to be revealed. P21 Michael J Fox to make comeback in show about Parkinson's. P29 Johnston Press profits slump. P46 i Michael J Fox to make TV comeback. P11 Laurie Penny: the problem of Julian Assange. P13 Lib Dems look away now: The Thick of It is back. P17 Tony Scott did not have cancer, says widow. P17 Daily Telegraph ITV in the frame for live Premier League football under deal with BT. P1, Business, P1, P2 Royal Mail and BBC 'must reveal snooping details'. P8 New Tricks writer hits back after actor says scripts have become bland. P9 George Orwell is too left wing for a statue, BBC tells Baroness Bakewell. P9 Tony Scott's wife denies he was seriously ill. P20 Falling advertising and sales hit Johnston Press. Business, P3 The Times Facebook's first friends head to exit. P4 BBC and Royal Mail attacked over 'secret snooping'. P4 Thunderer: Why my daughters hold Facebook's fate in their hands. P18 No place on podium for Johnston Press as Games disappoint. P36 Financial Times Hacking group Anonymous attacks government websites. P2 Nook ereaders and erotic fiction help Barnes & Noble slow losses. P13 Johnston Press continues to slide. P17 Wall Street Journal Europe Julian Assange's London bunker. P17 Early Facebook backer Peter Thiel unloads most of stake. P20 Apple now biggest ever US company. P24 Daily Mail BBC silent on 'spies' used to catch licence fee dodgers. P6 Julian Assange is abusing the asylum system, lawyer for his accusers says. P12 Stateside star who is Strictly Come Dancing's sultry secret. P13 Michael J Fox to play Parkinson's sufferer in new TV series. P38 Daily Express Dallas is back. P1, P2, P3 Diary: Alastair Campbell to make brief acting debut in Accused. P16 The Sun Facebook investor nets $1bn in share sale. P2 X Factor girl group claims they were set up to look rubbish. P3 Daily Mirror Louis Walsh says X Factor is still Xtra special. P9 Daily Star Dallas is back. P1, P6, P7 Big Brother coverage. P1, P4, P5 And finally ... Two newspapers in particular are excited about the return of venerable US drama Dallas. The Daily Star carries a front-page trail for the show with the headline "It's not a dream, folks..." and a bumper double-page spread inside. The Daily Express, its Richard Desmond sister title, is even more enthusiastic. It devoted half of its front page to Dallas, with the headline: "It's not a dream ... they've re-shot JR." (Haven't we seen that before?) Pages two and three are devoted to the show, which makes its long-awaited return on Wednesday. On which channel, you ask? Channel 5, of course. Is Mr Desmond a secret Dallas fan? Daily Star, P1. Daily Express, P1. Also on MediaGuardian.co.uk today Japanese journalist killed in Syria Government of Japan confirms death of Mika Yamamoto, which rebels say took place in city of Aleppo RSPCA 'Home for Life' ads escape ban even though some pets are put down Charity's campaign was clear it could only do its best to rehome animals if their owner died, rules advertising watchdog Julian Assange sex claims not a crime in Latin America – Ecuador president Rafael Correa says allegations should still be investigated but Ecuador will stand firm on asylum for WikiLeaks founder Minister attacks BBC and Ofsted secrecy over use of surveillance Eric Pickles says it is unacceptable for publicly funded bodies including Royal Mail to try to hide use of snooping powers The Thick of It: 'it feels more like politicians copy us' Show's stars and writers describe how lines between reality and satire have become blurred in the year of the 'omnishambles'. George Galloway condemned by party leader over rape comments Respect party leader, Salma Yaqoob, describes MP for Bradford West's remarks as 'deeply disappointing and wrong' 4G licence agreed for Everything Everywhere Owner of T-Mobile and Orange mobile phone networks to drop widely criticised name as a consumer brand in marketing makeover this year Anonymous hits UK government websites over Julian Assange row Hacking group says it brought down sites in protest at Britain's handling of the WikiLeaks founder's asylum case George Galloway defends Julian Assange claim Respect MP clarifies comments about rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder, adding case has 'all the hallmarks of a setup' Michael J Fox lands new TV comedy series NBC show will premiere in US next year, more than a decade after star scaled back work due to Parkinson's