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Malcolm Turnbull has told a parliamentary inquiry into media diversity that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is “the most powerful actor” in Australian politics and must be held to account.
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Facebook has struck content deals with Australia’s two largest media companies, News Corp and Nine Entertainment, following the recent introduction of bargaining laws.
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News Corp Australia has accused former prime minister Kevin Rudd of misleading a Canberra parliamentary inquiry into media diversity, after he said “the truth in this building is everyone’s frightened of Murdoch”.
Rupert Murdoch’s US media operation has followed form in dealing with fluid political fortunes. It adapts, and waits, argues Denis Muller.
The impact of media concentration on Australian democracy is set to be explored in a new Senate inquiry approved days after a petition by former prime minister Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire – signed by half a million people – was tabled in parliament.
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