The culture secretary has said that he wants Google to “make life more difficult” for filesharing websites by blocking them, or downgrading their prominence in search results. Read the full story

News Corporation has withdrawn its offer to spin off Sky News, prompting culture secretary Jeremy Hunt to confirm that the BSkyB deal will now be subject to an investigation by the Competition Commission, which will delay the final decision for at least six months. Read the full story

News Corp’s ambitions to buy out BSkyB have been dealt a temporary blow after the department for culture, media and sport confirmed it had delayed its decision to permit the deal. Read the full story

The escalating nature of the phone hacking scandal has put renewed pressure on Jeremy Hunt to block Rupert Murdoch’s attempts to buy out BSkyB. Read the full story

Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will be allowed to takeover BSkyB, after hammering out “a robust set of undertakings” on plans for Sky News to be ‘spun off’.

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Jeremy Hunt looks to have dropped his personally-vaunted national local TV network in favour of individually licensed stations. Read the full story

In his first interview since giving Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation the green light to purchase the remaining shares of Sky News, Jeremy Hunt has defended his decision by claiming that legal action can be taken against the company if it begins to destroy competition among Fleet Street. Read the full story

After months of controversy, Rupert Murdoch has been given permission to purchase the remaining shares of BSkyB – despite concerns about media plurality and the influence Murdoch could wield within the British press system and effectively, the population. But, now that the dust has begun to settle, what’s the reaction from the media? Read the full story