Did Monty inspire Norway law to protect editors?

Call it the Montgomery factor! Norway's government is on the verge of passing a law to establish the rights and duties of newspaper editors in relation to their owners. Trond Giske, the minister for culture, wishes to prevent proprietors from interfering with editors' decision-making. He cited a dramatic change in the nature of the country's media ownership as one of the triggers for introducing the proposed law, but denied that it was a direct result of Orkla Media being acquired by Mecom, the company run by former Mirror group ceo, David Montgomery. Really? (Via Kristine Lowe)