Newspaper Press: Ownership
Commons · Question 64906 · Tabled 3 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release of 15 May 2025 entitled Media law reforms to boost press sustainability and protect independence, whether a company (a) wholly owned by and (b) under the major
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 11 Jul 2025
The new foreign state intervention (FSI) regime, set out in the Entreprise Act 2002, seeks to preserve the freedom of the press. It applies to all foreign powers that may seek to acquire control or influence a UK newspaper or news periodical and will be a...