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3 March 2011

Murdoch wins again

The News Corp head is now free to create a £6.4bn media giant.

By George Eaton

The Dirty Digger has won again. Jeremy Hunt has given Rupert Murdoch the green light to buy the 61 per cent of BSkyB he does not already own.

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