Rupert Murdoch’s proposed takeover of Sky has met with further delays after the government asked the media regulator to conduct further analysis of the mogul and his company’s adherence to broadcasting standards. Shares in Sky fell by almost 5p to 963.54p after the DCMS announcement and are now close to their lowest levels since the Murdochs’ takeover bid emerged last December. Alaphia Zoyab, a senior campaigner at Avaaz, said: “Ofcom took a ‘see no evil, hear no evil’ approach to investigating the Murdochs and their fake news factory Fox News. Under pressure from Avaaz and others, Secretary Bradley is beginning to see just how flawed that approach was. She should push for a deeper probe, and she knows that if she doesn’t, a legal challenge is possible.”

Source: The Guardian August 08, 2017 16:42 UTC