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Ban on foreign state ownership of UK newspapers effectively halts UAE takeover of Telegraph
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Ban on foreign state ownership of UK newspapers effectively halts UAE takeover of Telegraph

Foreign state control of British newspapers is to be outlawed, effectively blocking the UAE’s attempted takeover of The Telegraph. Ministers revealed plans on Wednesday “explicitly to rule out newspaper and periodical news magazine mergers involving ownership, influence or control by foreign states”. The move, announced by Lord Parkinson, the culture minister, was made to see off a...