Cameron Defends Handling of Murdoch Bid to Take Over Sky Broadcasting

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

May 26, 2012 1:05 pm Share with others: By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL / The New York Times LONDON -- Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday defended his handling of a contentious and ultimately doomed $12 billion bid by the media conglomerate owned ...
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Cameron defends handling of BSkyB bid

Source: Charlotte Observer

LONDON Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday defended his handling of a contentious and ultimately doomed $12 billion bid by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to take control of Britain’s most powerful and lucrative pay-television network. Cameron was spe ...
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Icahn Discloses Stake in Chesapeake Energy

Source: Dealbook

In a much anticipated move, Mr. Icahn disclosed on Friday that he had acquired more than 50 million shares of Chesapeake Energy, roughly 7.56 percent of the outstanding shares. The investor, well known for pushing for change at companies, is also calli ...
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Government Lawyer Warned on Hunt's Support of News Corp.-Sky Deal

Source: Wall Street Journal

LONDON—Before the U.K. government appointed minister Jeremy Hunt to oversee a regulatory review of News Corp.'s bid to buy full control of British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC in December 2010, a government lawyer warned that Mr. Hunt's previou ...
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Hunt's memo to Cameron on News Corp raises questions

Source: Business Standard

Cameron set up the Leveson Inquiry last year partly to fend off criticism that his Conservative Party was close to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told Prime Minister David Cameron he backed News Corp’s pl ...
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UK Prime Minister defends appointing culture secretary to oversee BSkyB bid

Source: TotalTelecom

"And if you look at how he did the job, he asked for independent advice at every stage, and he took that independent advice, and he did it in a thoroughly proper way," the prime minister said in an interview on ITV television. News Corp.'s b ...
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UK's Cameron again defends minister on News Corp.

Source: WTOP News

ROBERT BARR Associated Press (Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he had no regrets about his ...
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UK's Cameron again defends minister on News Corp.

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UK's Cameron again defends minister on News Corp.

Source: AzFamily.com

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed his belief that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt acted properly in dealing with News Corp.'s bid to take over British Sky Broadcasting. Hunt h ...
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