May and Murdoch did not discuss Sky bid at September meeting - minister

Prime Minister Theresa May did not discuss with Rupert Murdoch the proposed takeover of UK pay-TV group Sky by the tycoon's Twenty-First Century Fox at a September meeting, Britain's media minister said on Tuesday. May had met Murdoch during a meeting in New York, three months before Fox launched its approach for Sky earlier in December. "She (May) had a pre-arranged meeting with Wall Street Journal editors," Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley told parliament in reply