• Holding the line for a free press

  • Dec 5 2023
  • Length: 52 mins
  • Podcast
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Holding the line for a free press

  • Summary

  • The Culture and Media Secretary Lucy Frazer has intervened to scrutinise the sale of the Daily Telegraph to a company backed by the Abu Dhabi ruling family, over concerns around public interest.

    Would they interfere with the editorial in pursuance of their interests? It wouldn't be the first time a newspaper owner had tried it, with more or less success. The Three Old Hacks, aka Sunday Times Economics editor David Smith, political analyst Nigel Dudley and former BBC Sports News editor Mihir Bose, compare notes on interfering owners with whom they have worked over their long careers.

    Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we’d love to hear from you!

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