Channel 4’s deputy chairman has gone on the attack again, bashing Rupert Murdoch and News Corporation for the amount of power they wield in British media. On Sunday Puttnam, former CEO of Columbia Pictures, gave an interview to the Observer newspaper, calling for UK business secretary Vince Cable to block News Corp from owning BSkyB outright.
David Puttnam: ‘if Rupert Murdoch Could Turn Sky News Into Fox News He Would’
TIM ADLER, Deadline.com
Wed, 09/22/2010 - 9:15am
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