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Tony Benn joins FT journalists' protest

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C4 could face merger into 'wider entity'

Channel 4 could become part of a bigger commercial PSB entity under one of the policy options reportedly to be included in Lord Carter's Digital Britain study later this month. By Mark Sweney
Former ITV chief Charles Allen joins EMI

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