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Article: Media Mergers The OFT's Review Of The UK's Media Merger Regime.(Office of Fair Trading)(Law overview)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
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- August 7, 2009
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This article was initially published in Competition Law Insight, 28 July 2009 issue.
In February 2009, the OFT was invited by the UK government, as part of the Digital Britain review of the UK's digital and communications policy, to look into whether any legislative changes to the UK's media merger regime are necessary (the OFT Review).
The OFT Review arose out of widespread concerns about the implications for the UK's local and regional print publications of the increasing migration of both news content delivery and advertising to the online space. Circulation and advertising revenue of such publications have been declining for years, and the economic ...