For most of this period the competition authorities have given priority to maintaining plurality in local news provision and local advertising markets, probably beyond the time that that was a sensible approach.
Ofcom's stated aims are to further the interests of audiences by ensuring a wide range of TV and radio services of high quality, maintaining plurality in the provision of broadcasting, and protecting viewers against harmful material or unfairness.
A little later in the year, Mr Hunt and Mr Smith had another email exchange - over the plan to spin off Sky News so as to maintain media plurality, while allowing the BSkyB takeover to go ahead.
To improve SQOL, priority must be given to programs and interventions that promote the development of a stimulating and supportive social network, and maintain a plurality of residential services matching the functional abilities of users.
The Communists, with 91 seats, maintained a plurality and formed a powerful faction with the Socialists and Agrarians.
Following this we will engage in detail on how the current media merger regime is operating in both protecting competition for relevant audiences and advertisers, and maintaining media plurality," Fletcher added.
Arsène Wenger is said to be unconcerned over any Kroenke takeover, while the Arsenal Supporters Trust are also relaxed about the American upping his stake to the 50 per cent mark but maintain that a "plurality of ownership" remains the best option.
For example, proponents maintain that the plurality system can produce unrepresentative, minority governments, such as in the United Kingdom, where the two major parties governed the country for the last three decades of the 20th century with little more than 40 percent of the votes.
In District 7, two-term incumbent Richard Vladovic maintained a clear plurality over Lydia Gutierrez, claiming 56% of the vote.
