I don't think this is the right forum to post it (though I agree that the article raises some very pertinent questions)
I have read the story, and I very well understand the movement under the surface.
A comprehensive article about the continuous degradation on electronic media would have been suitable as it would have provided a complete image, instead of this, where it gives a peephole view to a very large problem.
A famous author once said that to trade underlying agendas and flow of control, follow the money.
There have been in past a lots of reports about malpractices prevalent in media. Selective/biased reporting against political parties, journalists making deals with sting operations as leverages, paid news, etc.
And thus, to me, this is merely transfer of control. And thats exactly why I think this report is not apt for this forum, as although it presents quite a legitimate picture about take over of one network by a corporate giant, it is just a small pixel in an overall huge picture about the degradation of live & electronic media.