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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>By the way everyone, I forgot. Could
someone please let me know as to whether these consultations work ? I’m not
sure they do. Is it just a box ticking exercise because it always appears to me
that we spend a lot of time giving and sharing our thoughts and a lot of us do
sing from the same hymn sheet, and yet no one seems to be listening ……….. I
think the word POINTLESS springs to mind.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Wingdings;color:navy'>J</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> onwards and upwards<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Nick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
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<st1:PersonName w:st="on">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</st1:PersonName>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>CMA-L<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 31 October 2014 12:06<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] Ofcom invites
comments on measurement framework for mediaplurality</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ofcom is <a
href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/plurality-cfi/">inviting
comments</a> on how best to measure media plurality, after a request by the
Secretary of State for Ofcom to lead the development of a measurement
framework.<br>
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This request follows the conclusions of a consultation by the Department for
Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which determined the scope of the measurement
framework.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Media plurality contributes to a well-functioning
democratic society by ensuring a diversity of viewpoints and by preventing any
one media owner having too much influence over public opinion and the political
agenda.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In September 2014, the Secretary of State asked Ofcom
to develop a set of indicators for this framework and to decide on the most
appropriate metrics for these.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ofcom has been asked to develop this work in
consultation with industry and is therefore inviting stakeholders to provide
input. We also plan to issue a consultation in 2015 on the proposals for the
indicators to include in the measurement framework.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Developing this measurement framework will allow a
future baseline assessment on the state of media plurality in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/plurality-cfi/"
target="_blank"><font color="#2ba6cb"><span style='color:#2BA6CB'>The call for
inputs document is published on Ofcom’s website</span></font></a>. Responses
must be submitted by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>27 November 2014</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:7.5pt'><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:Arial'>\\<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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