-UK regards press freedom as absolute freedom, the government leaves it down to the market forces to decide which press products survive.

-In the case of the press, with certain limited expectations, no legal restriction is placed on the right to buy or launch a newspaper. This ensures, in liberal theory, that the press is free, diverse and representative (Curran and Seaton).

In this view of freedom of expression, it is the interests of the press, not of its readers nor the subjects of its coverage which are fundamental.

Curran and Seaton – the idea that the media is controlled by a small number of companies primarily driven by the logic and power. The idea that more socially diverse patterns of ownership help to create the conditions for more varied and adventurous media production.