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Culture Secretary steps in to potentially block UAE-backed Redbird's Telegraph deal on public interest grounds

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer says she “will be issuing a Public Interest Intervention Notice” on the deal

Evening Standard

Sacked S4C chief calls for investigation into Welsh-language channel

Exclusive: Siân Doyle asks culture secretary to launch inquiry into taxpayer-funded channel and its chair

The Guardian - UK

MPs add to pressure on ministers to vet Barclay family’s Telegraph offer

Call for national security law to be used to investigate proposed deal involving consortium backed by UAE

The Guardian - UK

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Top Tory strategist’s lobbying firm advising Daily Mail owners on Telegraph bid

Exclusive: Isaac Levido’s company, Fleetwood Strategy, is helping DMGT navigate potential acquisition of rightwing broadsheet

The Guardian - UK

Why is the Telegraph up for sale and who wants to buy it?

Potential buyers include a consortium that has vowed to pay off the current owners’ debts, the Daily Mail owner and a GB News investor

The Guardian - UK

UK Government To Intervene In the Telegraph Takeover Deal As Tories Worry About the Newspaper's Operations

Several Tory MPs have urged the UK government to intervene in the Telegraph takeover deal by UAE-backed investment fund, resulting in the Media Secretary writing a hard-hitting letter to the involved parties.

International Business Times UK

Will the Autumn Statement Tax Relief and the Media Bill Boost the UK Creative Industries?

The UK government has announced VFX tax relief to boost the UK film and television industry in the Autumn Statement, which, along with the Media Bill, seeks to change how TV shows are made and broadcasted in the UK.

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UAE-backed bid for Telegraph raises fears of Gulf ‘newswashing’

Deal could be referred to Ofcom but some analysts say concerns about foreign influence may be overstated

The Guardian - UK

Whitehall infighting could hamper scrutiny of Telegraph sale

Foreign Office could stifle possible inquiry into bid from Abu Dhabi-backed fund RedBird IMI in absence of cabinet secretary

The Guardian - UK

Frontrunner in Telegraph newspaper takeover bid accuses rivals of hypocrisy

Jeff Zucker of Abu Dhabi-backed Redbird IMI insists editorial independence of titles would be protected

The Guardian - UK

No 10 does not deny Foreign Office intervened over letter on Telegraph takeover

Lucy Frazer had suggested this week she was ‘minded’ to open an investigation into whether the deal was against the public interest.

The Independent UK

Government scrutiny of the Telegraph sale is a good thing – even if it’s for the wrong reasons

Intervention over a UAE-backed bid is welcome, but it’s unlikely to signal a new era of media-ownership transparency, writes Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK

The Telegraph, the autocracy and free speech: can RedBird IMI calm media fears?

One of the investors bidding for the paper is the vice-president of the UAE, which is ranked far down the press freedom index

The Guardian - UK

UK minister intends to refer Barclay family’s offer for Telegraph to Ofcom

Government ‘minded to’ issue intervention notice to call in regulator on public interest grounds

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Evening Standard

Public interest investigation into sale of Telegraph now likely

Lloyds Bank hopes of quick sale dashed

The National (Scotland)

Call for Gaelic broadcasting to have same provisions as Welsh channel

GAELIC language programmes should receive the same provisions as the Welsh language broadcaster S4C, an independent MP has said.

The Independent UK

Media Bill will remove ‘sword of Damocles’ for outlets on legal costs, MPs told

Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said the Media Bill puts ‘protection of our free press’ at its core.

The Independent UK

Gaelic broadcasting should fall under same provisions as S4C, says MP

Independent MP Angus MacNeil called for BBC Alba to be safeguarded as part of the Media Bill.

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The National (Scotland)

UK Government interference with BBC independence over Huw Edwards revealed

EMAILS between UK Government officials and the BBC about presenter Huw Edwards have been revealed and have drawn criticism as “not standard”…

The Independent UK

Culture Secretary: Media Bill will remove threats to public service broadcasters

The Bill has its second reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Film, music and publishing bosses to meet Government to discuss risks of AI

A roundtable event led by culture Secretary Lucy Frazer will look at how AI will impact film, music and television on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Pressure grows on Premier League to crack down on club spending breaches

A Labour MP and a senior executive at a top-flight club have both called for the Premier League to take a tougher stance on spending breaches by clubs

The Independent UK

Calls to ensure Euro 2028 ticket prices accessible to all

Sports minister Stuart Andrew said he would raise the issue with the football authorities.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak’s Cabinet reshuffle: Key statistics and benchmarks

The new Cabinet is slightly less diverse than the previous line-up.

Evening Standard

A plague on both their houses? Politicos grapple with 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio

William Shakespeare’s works are not short of insight on the perils of power and “vaulting ambition”. Some are dramatically relevant to this era of war and ceaseless tension, from Richard III to Julius Caesar and King Lear.

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