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Dear Steve - thanks for this. I've read it and agree with it. Would there be any merit in adding multiple signatures to it from network members, given the tightness of the time? THis is going to the whole list, so if you don't think this is a good idea, just fire off a 'no' and people can do their own thing. best Máire Máire Messenger Davies, PhD, FRSA Emerita Professor, Media Studies Centre for Media Research, School of Media, Film and Journalism University of Ulster Cromore Rd, Coleraine BT52 1SA Northern Ireland, UK Telephone: +44(0)2870124069. www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/media/cmr.html LATEST BOOK - 'Children, Media & Culture' http://www.openup.co.uk/children_media -----Original Message----- From: Media, Communications & Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) - Policy Network on behalf of Steven Barnett Sent: Sun 20/03/2011 1:10 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MeCCSA-Policy] response to DCMS consultation on News Corp-Sky Colleagues - I attach for information my response to Jeremy Hunt's consultation on the acquisition of Sky News by News Corp. The deadline for submissions is midday tomorrow (Monday). I don't know the true status of this consultation - it may be little more than a fig-leaf - but for those who believe like me that the Undertakings in Lieu of referral to the Competition Commission are wholly inadequate and that the process is manifestly undemocratic, it is worth sending in a note of objection. Please feel free to use anything that you feel may be helpful from the attached. Steve Prof Steven Barnett Professor of Communications School of Media, Art and Design University of Westminster Watford Road, Harrow Middlesex HA1 3TP Direct Line: +44 (0)20 7911 5981 email: [log in to unmask] -- The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK. ------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA Policy mailing list W: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa-policy.html Please visit this page to browse list's archives, or to join or leave the list. ------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA Policy mailing list W: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa-policy.html Please visit this page to browse list's archives, or to join or leave the list.