Legal wrangling over News Corporation’s controversial bid to take over BSkyB stepped up a gear this week as the proposed deal was referred to the Competition Commission. The referral by culture secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday afternoon (11 July) was made in response to News Corp withdrawing from a proposed undertaking to spin off Sky News and came amid mounting public pressure for the tie-up to be halted as allegations continued to emerge in the ongoing phone-hacking scandal.
July 13, 2011 at 07:00 PM
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Murdoch’s takeover bid for BSkyB is referred to Competition Commission as hacking controversy heats up
Legal wrangling over News Corporation’s controversial bid to take over BSkyB stepped up a gear this week as the proposed deal was referred to the Competition Commission.
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