by admin | Apr 30, 2015 | media ownership, media plurality, Press
This well-known work by Robert Louis Stevenson is commonly associated with the rare mental condition often called “split personality”, referred to in psychiatry as dissociative identity disorder, where within the same body there exists more than one...
by admin | Feb 16, 2013 | media ownership, Press
Journalists and bankers are trusted by just 21 per cent of people in the UK. That’s according to an Ipsos MORI poll published in yesterday’s Evening Standard1. However, the place at the bottom of the poll with only 18 per cent of people trusting them – is taken by...
by admin | Jul 2, 2011 | Campaigns, media freedom
The year-long saga of Murdoch’s attempt to get control of BSkyB is likely come to an end this month following the government’s announcement on 30 June that it was ready to give the green light to News Corporation’s take-over of BSkyB. Jeremy Hunt also announced that...
by admin | Nov 6, 2010 | Campaigns, media freedom
News Corporation’s bid for the 61% of shares in BSkyB that it does not already own has been filed with the European Commission. They will now have 25 working days, until 8 December, to conduct an intitial investigation into the deal on competition grounds. It...
