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Downing Street's decision to remove business secretary Vince Cable from his part in the Murdoch/BSkyB bid following the secret recording of a conversation with undercover journalists raises "serious issues of journalism ethics" at the Daily Telegraph, according to a leading industry figure.
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt will take over Vince Cable's responsibilities for media and telecoms, after the Lib Dem business secretary "declared war" on Rupert Murdoch's plans to take over BSkyB.
Ofcom has opened investigations into separate complaints by Virgin Media and BT against BSkyB, about how it supplies them with its Sky Sports channels.
Assuming control of a business is never easy, so imagine taking the reins from the founder and chairman of the UK's largest private magazine business, a former deputy prime minister, in the grip of the worst advertising recession in living memory. And he's your dad.
A meeting between radio executives and communications minister Ed Vaizey about DAB radio ended in stalemate yesterday, as a number of local radio groups consider running an anti-DAB ad campaign.
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has acquired a 90% stake in Wireless Generation, a US-based education technology company, for around $360m (£226m).
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) has launched a tender for media agencies to work on the bulk of the authority's advertising business, worth up to £20m over the next four years.
Rupert Murdoch, the founder, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, heaped praise on Margaret Thatcher for 'expanding the boundaries of freedom' tonight, before turning to bloggers and why they will never replace journalists.
The abolition of Contract Rights Renewal, the rules governing the way ITV sells airtime, would not make a huge difference to the UK ad market, according to Toby Syfret from Enders Analysis.
The BBC has agreed to a freeze in the licence fee for the next six years and will fund the World Service and roll-out of rural internet, amounting to major cuts to its budget, ahead of the Government's spending review later today.
