BSkyB (Murdoch) buyout delayed amid widespread public concern for media

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Source: Independent U.K.

Rupert Murdoch's controversial buyout of BSkyB has been delayed after the Government received some 40,000 responses to a consultation process on planned purchase.

The Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, said yesterday that the process had "taken longer than expected" and the scale of the public response indicates the widespread concern over the possible impact of the deal.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bskyb-buyout-delayed-amid-widespread-public-concern-for-media-2286713.html

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OK...I can't believe Murdoch and his minions in the govt. won't be able to pull of the takeover of most of BSkyB (Murdoch would control what half of Britains could watch!)

This must be killing him!