<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Ofcom has today published two letters of advice to the Secretary of State on the proposed merger of News Corporation and BSkyB.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">These provide the Secretary of State with advice on whether proposed undertakings provided by News Corporation address the potential impact on media plurality resulting from proposed the acquisition of BSkyB.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p>The letters can be found here: <span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/public-interest-test-nov2010/?utm_source=update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=letters-3-march" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/public-interest-test-nov2010/</a></span></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><br></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><br></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><br></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p><br></o:p></span></div><div><div>On 2 Mar 2011, at 18:29, Phil Shepherd wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi all<br><br>I know not every CMA member agrees with me about this but it seems to me<br>quite wrong and totally out of synch with our professed aim to ensure fair<br>and equal community access to the airwaves, for one man at the head of one<br>global corporation to own almost half of our national commercial media - but<br>this could be the case within the next 36 hours or so.<br><br>If this concerns you please sign the letter below and send it to government:<br><br>**<br>Dear Prime Minister Cameron,<br>Dear Deputy Prime Minister Clegg,<br>Dear Ministers,<br><br>Granting Rupert Murdoch controlling ownership of BSkyB would trample our<br>media ownership laws and threaten our democracy.<br><br>No one person should be permitted to control nearly half our country's mass<br>media, certainly not someone with such a clear record of abuse of media<br>power for political influence and personal gain. Opinion polls show that<br>opponents of the Murdoch bid outnumber supporters 9 to 1. We strongly oppose<br>any deal made with Murdoch, and pledge to hold you accountable for this<br>crucial decision for the future of our democracy.<br><br>Yours sincerely,<br><br>**<br><br>You can do this simply by following the link below:<br><br><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_rupert_murdoch_uk/?vl">http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_rupert_murdoch_uk/?vl</a><br><br>Best wishes<br><br>Phil<br><br>Phil Shepherd <br>Chair of Council<br>Community Media Association<br>c/o Engine Room<br>52 High Street<br>Bridgwater<br>Somerset TA6 3BL <br><br>philshep.wordpress.com<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br><br>The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk<br>Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media<br>http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation<br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br>http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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