This latest challenge could knock Murdoch’s Sky bid off course
Avaaz have been granted another chance to argue Murdoch is ‘not fit and proper’ to run a UK broadcaster.
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Campaigners just stepped up the legal battle against Murdoch’s takeover of Sky
Avaaz are taking Ofcom to court after they gave Fox News a clear bill of health – despite the company being ridden with scandal.
Murdoch’s bid to take over Sky just hit a wall
Fox’s fake news story last week may be about to cost the Murdochs dearly.
Rupert Murdoch wants to control the news. Ofcom must stand up for media freedom
No one man should be this powerful
Comment: The rights and freedoms the tabloids trample must also be protected
Prateek Buch looks at the reaction to the Leveson Report by the press and politicians, and argues for regulation and against the anti-Leveson rhetoric.
Huge uncollected funds could transform UK broadcasting
BECTU’s Gerry Morrissey argues that OfCOM is missing a golden opportunity to revolutionise the funding model of British TV.
BSkyB takeover referred to Competition Commission as more revelations emerge
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt referred the News Corporation/BSkyB takeover bid to the Competition Commission today, as further sickening revelations emerged.
Murdoch and Ofcom – why ownership matters
This last week has seen the clash of canteen culture, ethical disregard and political bullying in the News Corporation empire, writes Joy Johnson.
Sky’s attack on Ofcom is unjustified
BSkyB has lost patience with the process for deciding whether News Corp be allowed to buy the 61 pc of Sky it does not currently own – and yelled at Ofcom.
Labour’s BSkyB windfall
In the 1990s, there seemed to be two kinds of people in the Labour Party. Those who treated winning the election as the top priority, and those who were unwilling to enter into any kind of Faustian pact with Ruperttest