News Corporation takeover bid for BSkyB early July, despite public opposition to the deal, "Government says its ready to give clearance to deal. Jeremy Hunt gives opponents one final week to raise objections. However, he has provisionally agreed to proposals that will see Sky News be spun off as an independent company to allay fears the deal would give Mr Murdoch's News Corporation too much control of the media. After the consultation ends on July 8, Mr Hunt is expected to wave the merger through once and for all. He is keen to give final confirmation by July 19 when the summer parliamentary recess begins." Several
The Takeover UK has been on hiatus for over a year. As of March 2011, the band has split and members Snyder and Sickels have started a new band called 1,2,3. Solomich formed the band Junior Prom with Erik Ratensperger (formerly of The Virgins). Takeover UK appears in an episode of Jake and Amir on CollegeHumor. Singers Mark Solomich and Nic Snyder appear briefly as extras in the 2008 film "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh" starring Nick Nolte, Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard. The Takeover UK The Takeover UK was an American rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Formed in mid-2004, the band released its