Has Labour finally turned its back on Rupert Murdoch? It looks that way with this morning's announcement that BSkyB has been told to reduce its share in ITV to 7.5% by John Hutton. The sale is expected to end up costing Sky £250 million, thanks to the decline in ITV's… read more…

Nick Robinson has an interesting point to make about the accession of James Murdoch to the News Corp. media high command in Europe - it might not play out well for Brown. Murdoch senior has been, by all accounts, a fan of Gordon Brown for some time, admiring his work… read more…

Much has been made of a throwaway line in Jackie Ashley's column regarding gorgeous, pouting Rupert Murdoch (pictured) who apparently took tea and cucumber sandwiches at Chequers this weekend. Ashley speculates that Rupe might have threatened to use Europe against Brown, and this factored into his decision not to hold… read more…