{"title":"Media Mergers: Background Note","authors":"Gary Hewitt","doi":"10.1787/CLP-V5-ART16-EN","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The question of who owns our newspapers, television and radio is vital to democracy. The information and opinion we draw on must reflect a range of different voices and views if we are to be able to understand and debate the issues of the day. The Government’s task is to create a framework for media ownership which protects that plurality of voices and encourages a diversity of content whilst, at the same time, promoting the most competitive market for media businesses and attracting new investment ...","PeriodicalId":348160,"journal":{"name":"Oecd Journal: Competition Law and Policy","volume":"151 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oecd Journal: Competition Law and Policy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1787/CLP-V5-ART16-EN","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The question of who owns our newspapers, television and radio is vital to democracy. The information and opinion we draw on must reflect a range of different voices and views if we are to be able to understand and debate the issues of the day. The Government’s task is to create a framework for media ownership which protects that plurality of voices and encourages a diversity of content whilst, at the same time, promoting the most competitive market for media businesses and attracting new investment ...