karen bradley said up should go ahead. plurality. that means is fox going to get too big in britain, controlled too much news, too much of the advertising market, essentially will be too powerful? but she didn't originally say she was going to refer it on the second issue of standards. today she said she has minded. in ten days' time she has minded. in ten days' time she will probably see definitely. she will refer it on the second round. what does it mean? she went through some of the things. for instance, will fox be able to turn sky news into what they have in america, fox news. if anyone watches, it is a different beast. there are a lot of protections in britain which do not exist in america. if you are a tv news broadcaster, of com tells you you have to have a degree of impartiality. they have got into trouble in the past, corporate governance. all sorts of issues and it can be considered by the cma. for instance, the sexual harassment cases against fox in america. hacking, not fox but it was news corporation, still p

a couple of months ago karen bradley made a statement about this.s minded to refer on the grounds of media plurality, whether or not one family, the murdered family had too much power. her thinking has changed in the last week or so, he is minded to referred to a second watchdog, the condition and markets authority on the question of the commitments to broadcasting standards. james murdoch has literallyjust spoken here at the rts, rall television society commission, where he has given a sound and stout defence of 21st century fox, the company he i’u ns 21st century fox, the company he runs which says they are deeply committed to both plurality and broadcasting standards. this is the second time that the murdochs have bid forfull control of second time that the murdochs have bid for full control of the six to 1% of sky that they don't already own and i think their sense is that it is getting very frustrating. a first bid six years ago, is delayed by the phone hacking scandal. they are by the phone hacking scandal. they a re every by the phone hacking

the culture secretary, karen bradley, has confirmed that rupert murdoch's bid to take full control ofpetition authorities. she said the competition and markets authority would investigate the impact of the proposed merger on broadcasting standards and media plurality. 0ur media editor amol rajan joins me now from the rts cambridge television convention. j j murdoch has been saying the regulator should ignore what he called the noise and politics around this. —— james murdoch. called the noise and politics around this. ——james murdoch. there is a lot of noise and a lot of politics. indeed berries and has been for many yea rs. indeed berries and has been for many years. this is the second time the murdoch family has tried to take full ownership of. in 2011, when it was known as bskyb, they tried to get ownership of 60% of the broadcaster that they don't already own. it was derailed by the phone hacking scandal which led to the leveson inquiry and closure of the news of the world. the political heat got too much. the mood was toxic. they cancelled it. since then a lot has changed. the mu

the culture secretary, karen bradley, has confirmed that rupert murdoch's bid to take full control ofcompetition authorities. she said the competition and markets authority would investigate the impact of the proposed merger on broadcasting standards and media plurality. 0ur media editor amol rajan is at the royal television society's convention in cambridge — and he sent this update. this is the second time the murdoch family has tried to take full ownership of sky. back in 2011, sky was known as bskyb, they try to get ownership of the 61% of the broadcaster they don't already own. that was derailed by the phone hacking scandal which led to the closure of the news of the world and the leveson inquiry and the rest of it. the political heat as you mentioned but too much. the mood was toxic so they cancelled it. since then a lot has changed. the murdochs have split their company into, it's 110w have split their company into, it's now and entertainment division and news division. and the media landscape has also changed. facebook and amazon and netflix have entered it in and amazon and n

in a statement to the commons, karen bradley confirmed she wants the cma to look more closely at thee grounds of media plurality. she also told mps she was now "minded" to have the merger‘s impact on broadcasting standards examined. turning first to the question of media plurality, i can confirm that none of the representations received have persuaded me to change my position. accordingly, i can confirm my intention to make a referral on the media purality ground to the cma. turning now to commitment on broadcasting standards. over the summer, my officials reviewed the almost 43,000 representations received, a significant majority of these were campaign inspired arguing against the medium—termer going ahead, but generally without providing new or further evidence or commenting on 0fcom's approach. 0verall, only 30 of the 43,000 representations were substantive, raising potentially new evidence or commenting on 0fcom's approach. almost all were related to the question of commitment to broadcasting standards. i have taken careful account of all relevant representations and 0fcom's advi

the culture secretary, karen bradley, has confirmed that rupert murdoch‘s bid to take full control ofplications for broadcasting standards, and for media plurality. 0ur media editor amol rajan is in cambridge at the royal television society convention. what are the implications of this? this is the second time the murdoch family have bid the full control of sky. they started out in 2011 bidding for what was then known as bskyb, the 61% they didn‘t control, then the phone hacking scandal happened forcing them to abort the bit and they split their company in two and have bid again. in every stage of this, the second attempt to ta ke full stage of this, the second attempt to take full control, they‘ve been told they cannot do it. karen bradley said she wanted to refer this to the next age of regulatory intervention, so next age of regulatory intervention, so 0fcom, the broadcasting regulator who has already had a look and now she wants the competition and markets authority to have a look and not just markets authority to have a look and notjust on grounds of media plurality, so whether t

the culture secretary, karen bradley, has confirmed that rupert murdoch's bid to take full control ofinvestigate the impact of the proposed merger on broadcasting standards and media plurality. this is the second time the murdoch family has tried to take full ownership of sky. in 2011, when it was known as bskyb, they tried to get ownership of 61% of the broadcaster that they don't already own. it was derailed by the phone hacking scandal which led to the leveson inquiry and closure of the news of the world. the political heat got too much. the mood was toxic. they cancelled it. since then a lot has changed. the murdochs have split their company in two, it's an entertainment division and news division. the media landscape has also changed. facebook, amazon and netflix have entered in a huge way, huge competition and huge choice for consumers. it's the argumentjames murdoch said when he spoke with some gusto earlier this morning. his argument was not only has the landscape changed, but he ought to be judged on his record. this is what he had to say. the reality here is that the record

culture secretary karen bradley has confirmed she will seek advice from the competition and markets authorityrket before a final decision is taken on whether or not the merger can proceed. profits atjohn lewis are down more than 50% after the retailer was hit by the cost of restructuring and paying out to staff made redundant. it's also blamed a sharp fall in the value of the pound since last year's brexit vote, and rising inflation which has forced shoppers to cut back on spending. bank of england policymakers said their first interest rate rise in more than a decade was likely to be needed in the "coming months" if the economy keeps growing and inflationary pressures continue to build. members of the monetary policy committee voted 7—2 to keep rates on hold at a record—low 0.25% as expected, but said they were becoming less tolerant with how inflation was rising. they said that inflation was likely to rise further above its 2% target to exceed 3% in october — slightly more than previous forecasts — after reaching 2.9% last month. lucy o'carroll, chief economist, aberdeen standard investment

i think it is quite correct that the government, and i'm sure that karen bradley ran this by theresais, we have a minority tory government and either side on this one, when the cma report back in six months' time, whichever way they recommend, it's almost certainly going to be illegally challenged by one side or the other. so it's probably a wise move by the government to take this step. but you can't automatically saved because of what's happened in the states it's going to govern what happens in the uk. it's wise to do an investigation because they need a full set of facts. this isn't the first time that the murdoch family have been in the news in the united kingdom. millie dowell is pressure on people's minds from 2011 when the investigation took place. and there will be more. i expect there will be more news about the murdoch family and fox news and how they control it and what is still going on at fox news and i think that the cma should take a close look at it. there's no reason to believe, frankly, that they will operate sky any differently. what will you miss if the deal goes

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fox to buy the broadcaster sky will be referred to competition regulators, the culture secretary karen bradley deal would give too much media influence to the murdoch family. the bid is facing a much fuller examination than initially expected. a senior executive at the security firm gas has told mps he is ashamed the headlines on bbc news: a public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire opens with a minute's silence to remember the victims. interest rates are on hold for now — but a rise may not be that far off if the economy continues to grow. a man he has spent 11 years in prison, despite being sentenced ten months, is set to be released. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. arsenal's europa league match against cologne tonight at the emirates has been delayed by an hour. they say it's in the ‘interests of crowd safety‘. some 20,000 fans have travelled from germany for the game... only 3000 have tickets. 17,000 german fans outside the emirates stadium. preventing not only those with tickets from cologne getting in the stadium, also the arsenal fans gettin