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Newspaper Press: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ban the ownership of UK newspapers by foreign states.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
3 Feb 2025
Answer
6 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ban the ownership of UK newspapers by foreign states.

  2. 3 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    On 24 May 2024, new legislation came into effect which prevents newspaper and news magazine mergers resulting in any ownership, influence, or control by foreign states. This change was introduced by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer (DMCC) Act...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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