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The National Union of Journalists and others have raised concerns about the levels of media ownership of billionaire businessman Denis OBrien. Photograph: Dara Mac Dnaill

New Government guidelines on media mergers say it is undesirable for one person or business to hold excessive influence and introduce a public value test for future consolidation in the industry.

The draft guidelines, which will apply across print, broadcast and online, also set out thresholds that specify how many shares or holdings are needed to be able to influence the direction or policy ... with regard to news, current affairs or cultural content.

They say that a holding or voting strength of more than 20 per cent ... will generally constitute a significant interest, while a 10 per cent share could also constitute a significant interest.

A significant interest is defined as having sufficient voting, financial or ownership strength to influence direction or policy.

The draft guidelines will be published today by Minister for Communications Alex White. A public consultation process will be open until next month.

The final rules will not apply retrospectively, but one source said that recent media acquisitions might not have passed the new test.

The National Union of Journalists and others have raised concerns about the levels of media ownership of billionaire businessman Denis OBrien.

Mr OBrien is the biggest shareholder in Independent News and Media (INM), with a 29.9 per cent stake, but he has been deemed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland not to control INM.

Mr OBrien also owns Communicorp, the radio group that includes Today FM and Newstalk.

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Denis OBrien - Irelands wealthiest individual in Haiti in 2010. Photograph: Antonio Bolfo/Getty Images

Ireland, a country where one man dominates the media (and it isnt Rupert Murdoch, by the way), has finally drawn up guidelines on media ownership.

They say, according to an Irish Times report, that it is undesirable for one person, or a single business, to hold excessive influence. And they advise the introduction of a public value test for future media industry consolidation.

The draft guidelines, which will be published today by Irelands communications minister Alex White, will apply across print, broadcast and online.

They will set out thresholds that specify how many shares or holdings are needed to be able to influence the direction or policy ... with regard to news, current affairs or cultural content.

Doubtless to the relief of the man who bestrides the Irish media landscape, Denis OBrien, the rules will not apply retrospectively.

So he will not need to divest any of his holdings. He is the biggest shareholder in Independent News & Media (INM), which publishes Irelands two largest selling titles, the Irish Independent and the Sunday Independent.

Although he has only a 29.9% stake, he effectively controls INM. Through another company, Communicorp, OBrien owns two popular national radio stations, Today FM and Newstalk. The latter supplies news bulletins to some 20 local stations around the country.

Under the draft guidelines, his INM stake would be deemed as a controlling entity. The guidelines say that a holding or voting strength of more than 20% ... will generally constitute a significant interest, while a 10% share could also constitute a significant interest.

A significant interest is defined as having sufficient voting, financial or ownership strength to influence direction or policy.

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Before creating a new project, make sure that the latest version of Windows Media Player and the Windows Media Player SDK is installed on your computer.

Start Visual Studio, then create a new project.

In Visual Studio, open the Toolbox.

If Windows Media Player does not appear in the Components portion of the Toolbox, do the following:

If Windows Media Player does not appear in the list, click Browse, and then open Wmp.dll, which should be in the WindowsSystem32 folder.

You can now select Windows Media Player in the Toolbox and add it to a form.

Visual Studio gives the Windows Media Player control a default name such as "axWindowsMediaPlayer1". You may want to change the name to something more easily remembered, such as "Player".

Adding the Windows Media Player control from the Toolbox also adds references to two libraries created by Visual Studio, AxWMPLib and WMPLib. You can find them in the Solution Explorer under References.

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