I apologise, given that this is about certain premium content I thought the comment about monopolies referred to the topic at hand rather than a general Murdoch-bash. Sky's provision of news is actually nothing to do with the Ofcom decision it's confined to pricing of premium content.
Ofcom's attempts to protect the customer are dubious given their previous credentials and history. 3G and future licenses come to mind, the money for those licenses has to come from somewhere. There's also Ofcom's inactivity in opening up Virgin's network, or any pursuit on their part for repeal of business rates on fibre.
See above regarding large financial gains. The financial situations aren't as dissimilar as you might think. Sky's 'monopoly' is actually being eroded naturally as per my
earlier post on viewing figures.