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People protest against Rupert Murdoch's bid to gain control of Sky outside Parliament
US CABLE company Comcast’s proposed takeover of Sky would do less damage to media plurality than Rupert Murdoch’s bid but must be properly scrutinised, campaigners said today.
The offer for the broadcaster by the owner of CNBC and Universal Pictures is 16 per cent higher than Mr Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox’s bid in a deal worth £22.1 billion.
Last month, the Competition and Markets Authority found that a Fox takeover would hand Mr Murdoch too much control over the British media.
Claims that digital media has rendered press power obsolete are a dangerous myth, argues DES FREEDMAN
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LAURA DAVISON traces how Murdoch’s mass sackings, political deals and legal loopholes shattered collective bargaining 40 years ago – and how persistent NUJ organising, landmark court victories and new employment rights legislation are finally challenging that legacy
Enduring myths blame print unions for their own destruction – but TONY BURKE argues that the Wapping dispute was a calculated assault by Murdoch on organised labour, which reshaped Britain’s media landscape and casts a long shadow over trade union rights today
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the difficulties surrounding freedom of expression