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@zoekalus apols - can't make that j 1:43 AM May 30th via HootSuite in reply to zoekalus
Chance2Shine Celebrate England's emphatic win by helping us reach 3,000 followers, 16 to go. A pair of Test tickets up for grabs when we get there! 10:58 AM May 28th via Twitter for Android Retweeted by jimpurnell and 49 others
RT @maisongladys: @jimpurnell @Phillip_Blond And have the police apply the rule of law to all the press might be an idea - no media jobs... 9:45 AM May 28th via HootSuite
@phillip_blond always happy to talk. but my point is that despite looking at 10 years of docs, no one has found a concession to Murdoch. 8:23 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
@apple631 but we kept Art 8 - ie right to privacy - ie didn't make the concession PCC wanted 8:15 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Apple631
@phillip_blond so we agree - OFCOM-led plurality test. not sure you could make anti-monopoly leg harder - UK already leads. 8:14 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
RT @botzarelli: @mattzarb would probably have meant no Metro or other free papers, which owners of evening standard wd have liked 8:13 AM May 28th via HootSuite
@phillip_blond what do you propose? 8:09 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
@phillip_blond keep impartiality reg of TV channels, insulate BBC/C4 from threat of privatisation 8:06 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
@phillip_blond OFCOM-led plurality test, genuinely independent regulation of press, poss with statutory underpin. 8:05 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
@phillip_blond don't agree - UK has more plural media than France, Australia, Italy, US, for eg 7:59 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
RT @botzarelli: @jimpurnell @mattzarb predatory pricing is covered as an abuse of dominance under chapter II and tfeu art 102 case law 7:53 AM May 28th via HootSuite
@womanontheboard we increased licence fee, granted new BBC channels and website, allowed comercial activities, kept listed events 7:53 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to WomanOnTheBoard
@phillip_blond wider policy on content regulation of newspapers was deliberate. we wanted mixed ecology - free press and regulated TV/radio 7:50 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
@phillip_blond newspaper regulation was strengthened too - plurality test in takeovers, privacy law - in effect. 7:49 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
@womanontheboard see response to @phillip_blond we did reform media - created OFCOM, built up BBC 7:47 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to WomanOnTheBoard
@phillip_blond licensed new BBC channels, made Sky sell sports and movie channels, and carry pub service channels. i could go on.... 7:45 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
@phillip_blond we did - created OFCOM, toughest media regulator in the world, created plurality test, gave BBC licence fee increases 7:44 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to Phillip_Blond
@mayorwatch very different, i would say, though election also possible. anyway, not a murdoch concession 7:40 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to MayorWatch
@womanontheboard not sure what you mean? 7:38 AM May 28th via HootSuite in reply to WomanOnTheBoard