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U.K. Government Proposes Changes to Media Merger Laws “for the Digital Age”

U.K. Government Proposes Changes to Media Merger Laws “for the Digital Age”

Entertainment
U.K. culture secretary Lisa Nandy on Wednesday revealed strategies to expand the scope of U.K. media merger laws, upgrading them "for the digital age to show contemporary news intake practices and much better safeguard media flexibility and plurality." The present regulative program just covers tv, radio and print publications. The modifications would permit "higher analysis in the general public interest" of offers that consist of the purchase of U.K. online news publications and news publications "that may negatively affect precise reporting, liberty of expression and media plurality." Presently, the media mergers routine set out in the Enterprise Act 2002 enables the Culture Secretary to "intervene in mergers and acquisitions of broadcasters (specified as services ...
Are we on the edge of a brand-new financing design for transportation?

Are we on the edge of a brand-new financing design for transportation?

Business
An independent evaluation commissioned by the Labour Party has actually required top-level propositions to be prepared by the end of the year for a brand-new design of public-private collaboration (PPP).The report, produced by the Urban Transport Group (UTG), was led by previous Siemens president Jurgen Maier.It contacted the National Infrastructure Council, a Labour Party advisory group, to recommend a brand-new approach to bring in personal financial investment into significant roadways and rail plans.The report stated: "We advise that the British Infrastructure Council (BIC) unites crucial stars from the general public sector and financiers to establish a brand-new method to personal financing, consisting of thinking about the ramifications on public sector net financial obligation. Its...