Murdoch's Aussie lobbying pays off

It appears that Rupert Murdoch's lobbying against proposals to ease Australia's media cross-ownership rules have been heeded. The government minister responsible, Helen Coonan, has conceded that most of her media reforms package will be delayed indefinitely. That change of heart came about following a meeting between the prime minister, John Howard, and Murdoch. Soon after Howard announced that his government would not waste a "an enormous amount of time or political capital" to get the media reforms passed. And so it has come to pass. (Via smh.au)