NWS News: Newspaper state ownership rules to be watered down - 18th Apr 2024, 4:54am

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Curbs on foreign state ownership of British news outlets designed to block the UAE bid for The Telegraph are in line to be weakened following an outcry from owners including Rupert Murdoch.

Officials have been warned against the “unintended consequences” of new laws if drawn too strictly by lobbyists for the media mogul and his rival Lord Rothermere, the owner of The Daily Mail.

Mr Murdoch’s holding company News Corp, which is listed in New York, is understo...

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