News Corp 'warned Lib Dems over BSkyB bid'

26 June 2012 Last updated at 13:13 ET Help

News Corporation implied the Sun newspaper's coverage of the Lib Dems "may turn nasty" if Vince Cable did not rule in its favour on the BSkyB bid, a minister has told the Leveson Inquiry.

Norman Lamb, Lib Dem junior business minister, said in a meeting with News Corp's Fred Michel in 2010, Mr Michel had referred to the coverage, saying it would be a "pity" if things changed.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was later "horrified" by this, he said.

News Corp denies there was a threat.

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