The UK announced Wednesday that it plans to bar overseas governments from owning British newspapers, a move that could scupper the contentious Abu Dhabi-led takeover of the Telegraph Media Group.
Stephen Parkinson, a media minister, announced in the upper-chamber House of Lords that the Conservative government would amend proposed legislation so that it “prevents foreign state ownership of newspapers”.
A government spokesperson added that the move would “deliver additional protections for a free press, a pillar of our democracy”.
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