Five years after phone hacking scandal, Sky agrees to £18.5bn takeover deal with Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox

Five years after phone hacking scandal, Sky agrees to £18.5bn takeover deal with Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox

Big media is always trying to get bigger. Rupert Murdoch and his son are making another attempt to gain control of British broadcaster Sky, formerly known as BSkyB. Sky is the United Kingdom’s largest digital subscription television company. NPI urges the British government to scuttle this deal.