Vente du Telegraph par le gouvernement britannique

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Le gouvernement britannique prévoit de mener une enquête approfondie sur la vente du groupe propriétaire du célèbre quotidien conservateur The Telegraph à un fonds américano-émirati, par souci de la liberté d'expression, a déclaré mardi la ministre de la Culture Lucy Frazer. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 The British government plans to conduct an in-depth investigation into the sale of the

00:03 owner group of the famous conservative daily The Telegraph to an American-Emirati fund,

00:08 for freedom of expression, said Tuesday the Minister of Culture Lucy Frazee.

00:13 The sale of the The Telegraph group, which also owns the spectator appartment, has been

00:18 causing concerns for months among the conservative majority in power, but also

00:23 defenders of freedom of the press.

00:25 Owned since 2004 by the Barclay family, the group was put up for sale last October by

00:30 the British bank Lloyd, to pay heavy debts of about 1.2 billion pounds (1.38 billion euros).

00:37 But a deal between the American Red Beer fund and the investment fund in the media of Abu Dhabi,

00:42 IMI, called Red Beer IMI, passed an agreement with the family at the end of 2023 to repay its

00:47 debt, which has been done since December last in exchange for the group's control.

00:52 In January, the government had asked the British Authority for Competition, the CMA,

00:58 and the media regulator, Lovecom, to evaluate this operation.

01:03 "Based on the regulators' evaluations, I can now confirm that I intend to submit

01:08 this sale to an investigation," said Tuesday Lucy Frazee in a statement written and

01:11 transmitted to Parliament.

01:13 According to her, Lovecom estimated that the operation could go against public interest.

01:19 "The company could be incited to influence the group in a way that could potentially

01:24 act against public interest in the United Kingdom by influencing the precise presentation

01:28 of information and the free expression of opinions in the Daily Telegraph and its

01:32 Dominican edition of the Telegraph," she added.

01:35 She left the parties involved until Monday morning to respond to her fears before

01:39 actually launching this in-depth investigation.

01:42 Red Beer IMI has assured in the past that the Emirati fund would only be a passive

01:46 source of income, without reassuring the political class.

01:50 In the context of this controversial operation, the government announced last week that it

01:54 intended to legislate to prevent the British newspapers from being controlled by foreign

01:59 states.

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