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Labour called yesterday for a full probe into Rupert Murdoch’s Sky takeover bid by the competition watchdog.
It followed Culture Minister Karen Bradley’s announcement that Fox’s £11.7 billion plan will be put before the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Mr Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox is attempting to acquire the 61 per cent of Sky it does not already own.
Claims that digital media has rendered press power obsolete are a dangerous myth, argues DES FREEDMAN
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The once beating heart of British journalism was undone by technological change, union battles and Murdoch’s 1986 Wapping coup – leaving London the only major capital without a press club, says TIM GOPSILL
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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