Murdoch extends his reach to C5

There's increasing concern that Rupert Murdoch has his eyes on Britain's newest terrestrial broadcaster, Channel 5, and has been clearing the legislative path in the UK to help him if and when he wants to buy it up. The Guardian notes that Murdoch lobbied successfully to introduce a clause into 2003's landmark Communications Act. This is "widely described as the 'Murdoch clause' [whereby] ministers proposed to relax the rules and allow newspaper owners to buy terrestrial television channels." This is all a little disconcerting as, with the New Year, Murdoch's Sky News has just taken over the running of Channel 5 News.