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As calls grow for Rebekah Brooks to be sacked, Channel 4 News learns the axing of the News of the World may have "shifted" the fate of Rupert Murdoch's bid to take full control of BSkyB
Rupert Murdoch's bid to take full control of BSkyB has been thrown into disarray after a Government source told Channel 4 News the decision to shut down the News of the World may have "shifted" the decision-making process.
A source close to Jeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, said it was not now clear how he could proceed with a judgement on the takeover of BSkyB by News Corporation because the dynamics of Britain's media market had changed.
"We're going to have to wait and see," the source said. "The issue is still media plurality and what this (shutting News of the World) does is reduce the number of voices in the media, so we don't know at this stage how it will affect things. [....]
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