Source: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has agreed with Fairfax Media Limited interim arrangements relating to the operations of community newspapers in the Newcastle area which are designed to ensure the competitive viability of the community newspapers recently sold by Fairfax.

In April 2007, the ACCC decided not to oppose the proposed acquisition of Rural Press Limited by Fairfax. It did so following the ACCC’s acceptance of an undertaking by Fairfax which addressed concerns about competition for advertising in the community newspaper sector in the Newcastle and Hunter Valley area.

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Posted by on January 8th, 2008
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