51.   Unveiling his so-called Green Paper on media ownership, National Heritage Secretary Stephen Dorrell said one of the aims was to stop media domination by individual companies.

52.   Kaut said the court decision marked a shift in oversight of media ownership from prophylactic FCC rules to case-by-case analysis by antitrust authorities.

53.   On cross media ownership it said newspaper owners should be barred from owning controlling shares in radio and television licences simultaneously.

54.   The Commissioner was also at pains to point out that the decision had no implications for the broader issue of concentration of media ownership in the EU.

55.   The government is taking submissions and hopes to announce its position on media ownership by the end of the year.

56.   The government also intends to push through a separate reform on Italian media ownership before standing down.

57.   The market also focused on media groups after the government published its greenpaper on media ownership.