Home / Tags / Media Ownership
Index live
Tag

Media Ownership

8 recommendations 100% accepted

Tag overview

Government Response
Accepted (8)
Recommendations in This Theme

recommendation across 1 inquiry

Across 1 inquiry

Leveson Inquiry

Tagged Recommendations

8 total
L85 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Plurality Focus on News

The particular public policy goals of ensuring that citizens are informed and preventing too much influence in any one pair of hands over the political process are most directly served …

- Ofcom developed a Measurement Framework for Media Plurality, published in 2015, which set out metrics for assessing the sufficiency of plurality across news and …
UK Government
L86 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Include Online in Plurality

Online publication should be included in any market assessment for consideration of plurality.

- Ofcom's Measurement Framework for Media Plurality, published in 2015, explicitly includes online news consumption in its assessment of media plurality (Ofcom, Measurement Framework for …
UK Government
L87 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Plurality Measurement Framework

Ofcom and the Government should work, with the industry, on the measurement framework, in order to achieve as great a measure of consensus as is possible on the theory of …

- Ofcom published its Measurement Framework for Media Plurality in 2015, developed in consultation with industry, setting out a methodology for measuring plurality across media …
Ofcom
L88 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Plurality Thresholds Lower Than Competition

The levels of influence that would give rise to concerns in relation to plurality must be lower, and probably considerably lower, than the levels of concentration that would give rise …

- Ofcom's Measurement Framework for Media Plurality (2015) distinguishes between competition concerns (market power) and plurality concerns (diversity of viewpoints), noting that plurality concerns may …
UK Government
L89 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Full Menu of Plurality Remedies

Ofcom has presented the Inquiry and the Government with a full menu of potential remedies, and it has not been argued or suggested that any of them are inappropriate in …

- Ofcom's Measurement Framework for Media Plurality (2015) identified a range of potential remedies for addressing plurality concerns, including structural remedies (divestiture, ownership limits), behavioural …
Ofcom
L90 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Periodic Plurality Reviews

The Government should consider whether periodic plurality reviews or an extension to the public interest test within the markets regime in competition law is most likely to provide a timely …

- Ofcom publishes annual Media Nations reports which assess the state of UK media markets including news consumption and plurality indicators, providing a form of …
UK Government
L91 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Media Merger Referral Consultation

Before making a decision to refer a media merger to the competition authorities on public interest grounds, the Secretary of State should consult relevant parties as to the arguments for …

- The Enterprise Act 2002, sections 42-58, require the Secretary of State to issue an intervention notice when referring a media merger on public interest …
UK Government
L92 Accepted Leveson Inquiry

Secretary of State Media Merger Decisions

The Secretary of State should remain responsible for public interest decisions in relation to media mergers. The Secretary of State should be required either to accept the advice provided by …

- The Enterprise Act 2002 provides that the Secretary of State retains responsibility for public interest decisions in media mergers, including issuing intervention notices under …
UK Government