I live in Glastonbury, Somerset with my partner Eve. Annie my daughter lives in Bath. I have worked since the 1960′s in community based arts and media and am now Facilitator of Somerset Film and the Engine Room community media centre. I am also the Chair of Council for the UK Community Media Association and a fellow of the RSA.
more about the kind of work I’m involved in at www.somersetfilm.com www.engineroom-somerset.org.uk www.familyconnections.org.uk www.jumpcuts.org.uk www.commedia.org.uk www.revealsomerset.org
I fully agree with the efforts to prevent Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to gain full control of BSKYB and their huge profits. We Must stop this malicious man. Murdoch is a threat to Democracy, journalism and has a corrosive effect on public life in Britain, Australia and especially in America where his repulsive Fox News spews far-right poison and hatred non-stop. News Corporation wants to control everybody and own everything and has the Tory Party in their back pocket.
The European Commission recently launched an investigation into Google on antitrust grounds and also sanctioned Microsoft 5 years ago. The EU Commission Competition Authorities are probably the best chance of stopping Murdoch in his tracks. I have included their Email addresses below. The EC welcomes submissions from interested parties.
Please use them and pass them on as you see fit. Flood them with complaints against Murdoch’s World domination plans.
I have also included contact details for Ofcom – and their Executives such as Chief Exective Ed Richards and other deciding officers. The deadline for receipt of submissions may have closed but OFCOM will still take account of the public’s concerns about Murdoch. It is essential to keep the pressure on as they will report back to Vince Cable soon.
Also included below are contacts for the Office of Fair Trading.
European Commission. Contact details for Competition, AntiTrust, Takeovers etc. :
Commissioner Joaquin Almunia is contactable through the Commission’s Website .http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010 2014/almunia/contact/commissioner/index_en.htm
Almunia’s Cabinet :
Carlos.Martinez@ec.europa.eu Carlos Martinez
Guillaume.Loriot@ec.europa.eu Guillaume Loriot
Michael.Albers@ec.europa.eu Michael Albers hearing officer
Wouter.Wils@ec.europa.eu Wouter Wils hearing officer
hearing.officer@ec.europa.eu
comp-greffe-antitrust@ec.europa.eu
comp-mergers@ec.europa.eu
InfoComp@ec.europa.eu
Anna.Jarosz-Friis@ec.europa.eu Anna JAROSZ-FRIIS
Elisabetta.Righini@ec.europa.eu Elisabetta RIGHINI
sofia.alves@ec.europa.eu Sofia Alves
Ignacio.Perez-Caldentey@ec.europa.eu Ignacio Perez Caldentey
Contact details for Media/ Telecoms Regulator OFCOM
Ed.Richards@ofcom.org.uk Ed Richards CEO of OFCOM
Andrew.Morgan@ofcom.org.uk Andrew Morgan, Ofcom
Robert.Ince@ofcom.org.uk Robert Ince, Ofcom
John.Glover@ofcom.org.uk John Glover, Ofcom
Contact details for Business Secretary Vince Cable who is awaiting OFCOM’s preliminary report into Murdoch’s bid for BSkyB.
info@vincentcable.org.uk
vince.cable@bis.gov.uk
enquiries@bis.gsi.gov.uk
charles@highlandlibdems.org.uk
bennettj@parliament.uk Vince Cable’s parliamentary secretary
cablev@parliament.uk
enquiry.enquiry@bis.gsi.gov.uk
Contact details for the Office of Fair Trading
enquiries@oft.gsi.gov.uk
info@cc.gsi.gov.uk
press@cc.gsi.gov.uk
HeadofERC@oft.gsi.gov.uk
oft@ecgroup.co.uk
kyla.brand@oft.gsi.gov.uk
Hi Phil
As it’s now 6 weeks since we met up and you still haven’t found me I thought I’d find you!
Hope you had a good Christmas and maybe we can meet again in 2011.
All the best
Neil AKA Cuds
Neil Cooper Photography
web: http://www.neilcooper.co.uk
tel: 01548 830011
mob: 07581025592
skype: newycoop
Dear Cuds
Great to hear from you, it was lovely and unexpected to meet up in Plym recently. Yes a good festive is being had here, hopefully with you too! Let’s be in touch in the New Year and get together – with Abe and Kelvin would be brilliant!
All the very best to you and yours
Phil